13th Airborne Division

Composition:

  • Infanteries :

515th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) 

517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)

88th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)

326th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)

  •  Artilleries :

458th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)

460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)

676th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)

677th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)

  •  Others :

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

  • Chronology:

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

  • Awards and Distinctions

Legion of Merit: 6

Bronze Star: 39

  •  Zone of Combat:

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)