13th Airborne Division
Composition:
515th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
88th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)
326th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)
458th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)
460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)
676th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)
677th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)
153th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion (AAA)
129th Airborne Engineer Battalion (AEB)
13th Parachute Maintenance Battalion
222rd Airborne Medical Battalion
713th Ordnance Company
409th Quartermaster Company
513th Signal Company
Parachute Maintenance Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company
Reconnaissance Platoon (assigned 1 Mar 45 reorganization)
Band
Order of Battle
Commanding General
6 February 1945 - Maj. Gen. Elbridge G. Chapman
Assistant Division Commander
6 February 1945 - Brig. Gen. Hammond M. Monroe
Artillery Commander
16 February 1945 - Brig. Gen. Eric S. Molitor
Chief of Staff
6 February 1945 - Col. Hugh P. Harris
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1
6 February 1945 - Lt. Col. Bernard G. Teeters
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2
6 February 1945 - Lt. Col. William J. Blythe
Assistant Chief of Staff G-3
6 February 1945 - Lt. Col. Frederick O. Hartel
Assistant Chief of Staff G-4
6 February 1945 - Lt. Col. Sigfried E. Carlson
Adjutant General
6 February 1945 - Lt. Col. Samuel A. Lewis
Commanding Officer, 515th Parachute Infantry
6 February 1945 - Lt. Col. Harley N. Trice
12 February 1945 - Col. Harvey J. Jablonsky
Commanding Officer, 517th Parachute Infantry (au départ c’est un Régimental Combat Team)
15 March 1943 - Lt. Col. Louis A. Walsh Jr.
February 1943 - Lt. Col. Rupert D. Graves
Commanding Officer, 88th Glider Infantry
6 February 1945 - Colonel Samuel Roth
Commanding Officer, 326th Glider Infantry (A l’origine fait partie de la 82ème Airborne)
25 March 1942 - Col. Stuart Cutler
4 March 1943 - Col. William O. Poindexter
Commanding Officer, 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (A l’origine fait partie de la 17ème Airborne ensuite d’un Régimental Combat Team)
15 March 1943 - Lt. Col. James C. Anderson
4 March 1944 - Lt. Col. Raymond L. Cato
Commanding Officer, 129th Airborne Engineer Battalion
13 Mai 1943 - Lt. Col. Allan A. Blatherwick
End September 1944 - Major Elbert C. Wallace
Statistics
13 april 1943 – Actived
6 february 1945 – Arrived in England
10 february 1945 – Arrived in ETO (D+249)
No combat day
0 – Day in combat
Legion of Merit: 6
Bronze Star: 39
6 Feb 45
Camp Lucky Strike near Fecamp)
Seine-Inférieure
France
24 Feb 45
Auxerre
Yonne
France
4 Apr 45
Airfield A-48 (près d’Arpajon)