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75th US Infantry Division
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Divisional information
Divisional troops
Attachments
Assignments
Detachments
Command Posts
| Divisional information |
History
| Constituted | 24.12.1942 |
| Activated | 15.04.1943 |
| Arrived ETO | 20.10.1944 |
| Arrived Continent (D+190) | 13.12.1944 |
| Entered Combat (First Element) | 24.12.1944 |
| Entered Combat (Entire Division) | 25.12.1944 |
| Inactivated | 14.11.1945 |
Statistic
| Days in Combat | 94 |
| Prisoners of War Taken | 20630 |
Casualties (Tentative)
| Killed | 888 |
| Wouded | 2970 |
| Missing | 96 |
| Captured | 0 |
| Battle Casualties | 3954 |
| Non Battle Casualties | 4062 |
| Total Casualties | 8016 |
| Percent of T/O Strength | 56.9% |
Individual Awards
| Distinguished Service Cross | 3 |
| Legion of Merit | 3 |
| Sliver Star | 114 |
| Soldiers Medal | 21 |
| Bronze Star | 1287 |
| Air Medal | 29 |
Campaigns
| Rhineland | in WWII |
| Ardennes-Alsace | in WWII |
| Central Europe | in WWII |
Commanding General (CG)
| 00.04.1943 | Maj.-Gen. Williard S. Paul |
| 00.08.1943 | Maj.-Gen. Fay B. Prickett |
| 00.01.1945 | Maj.-Gen. Ray E. Porter |
| 00.06.1945 | Maj.-Gen. Arthur A. White |
| 00.10.1945 | Brig.-Gen. Charles R. Doran |
Assistant Division Commander
| 20.10.1944 | Brig.-Gen. Gerald St. C. Mickle |
Artillery Commander
| 20.10.1944 | Brig.-Gen. Foster J. Tate |
| 22.11.1944 | Brig.-Gen. Albert C. Stanford |
| 24.01.1945 | Col. Charles L. Dasher (Jr.) |
| 25.03.1945 | Brig.-Gen. Charles L. Dasher (Jr.) |
Chief of Staff
| 20.10.1944 | Col. Herbert B. Powell |
| 19.02.1945 | Col. Earl M. Miner |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1
| 20.10.1944 | Lt.-Col. William J. Cashin |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2
| 20.10.1944 | Lt.-Col. George C. Dewey |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-3
| 20.10.1944 | Lt.-Col. Robert C. Dean |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-4
| 20.10.1944 | Lt.-Col. Edward E. Hood |
| 22.11.1944 | Maj. John W. Dean (Jr.) |
| 17.03.1945 | Lt.-Col. John W. Dean (Jr.) |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-5
| 20.10.1944 | Maj. Hugh O. Davis |
| 16.04.1945 | Lt.-Col. Hugh O. Davis |
Adjutant General
| 20.10.1944 | Maj. Robert T. Engle |
| 01.03.1945 | Lt.-Col. Robert T. Engle |
| Divisional troops |
Infantry
| 289th Infantry Regiment | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 290th Infantry Regiment | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 291st Infantry Regiment | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
Field Artillery (FA)
| 897th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 898th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 899th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 730th FA Battalion (155mm Howizter) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
Other troops
| 75th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 75th Quartermaster Company | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 275th Engineer Combat Battalion | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 375th Medical Battalion | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 575th Signal Company | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 775th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Band | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Headquarters Company | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Military Police Platoon | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Attachments |
Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)
| 440th AAA AW Battalion (Mobile) | 02.12.1944-04.06.1945 |
| 750th Tank Battalion | 22.12.1944-26.01.1945 |
| CC A, 3rd Armored Division | 29.12.1944-30.12.1944 |
| 3rd Battalion, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division | 29.12.1944-30.12.1944 |
| 709th Tank Battalion | 31.01.1945-11.02.1945 |
| B Company, 379th Tank Battalion | 12.03.1945-14.04.1945 |
| 701st Tank Battalion | 18.03.1945-02.03.1945 |
| 52nd Lothians & Border Yeo (less Tr), 79th Armored Division (British) | 30.03.1945-17.04.1945 |
| 744th Tank Battalion | 30.03.1945-17.04.1945 & 18.04.1945-04.06.1945 |
| B Squadron, 1st Fife & Ferfar Yeo, 79th Armored Division (British) | 31.03.1945-14.04.1945 |
| B Company, 747th Tank Battalion | 03.04.1945-07.04.1945 |
| B Squadron, 1st Lothians & Border Yeo, 79th Armored Division (British) | 05.04.1945-07.04.1945 |
| 717th Tank Battalion | 17.04.1945-18.04.1945 |
| 15th Cavalry Group (less 1st Cavalry Recon. Troop) | 11.03.1945-26.03.1945 |
| B and C Company, 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion | 24.12.1944-01.01.1945 |
| B Company, 87th Chemical Battalion | 29.12.1944-30.12.1944 |
| B and C Company, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion | 10.01.1945-20.01.1945 |
| B Company, 99th Chemical Mortar Battalion | 31.01.1945-09.02.1945 |
| 74th Chemical SG Company | 27.03.1945-29.03.1945 |
| 83rd Chemical SG Company (less 4th Section) | 27.03.1945-29.03.1945 |
| 298th Engineer Combat Battalion | 25.12.1944-26.12.1944 |
| A Company, 23rd Armored Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Division | 29.12.1944-30.12.1944 |
| 51st Engineer Combat Battalion | 13.01.1945-15.01.1945 |
| 1st Platoon, B Company, 121st Engineer Combat Battalion, 29th Inf. Division | 03.04.1945-07.04.1945 |
Field Artillery (FA)
| 187th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) | 28.12.1944-31.12.1944 |
| 54th Armored FA Battalion, 3rd Armored Division | 29.12.1944-30.12.1944 |
| 67th Armored FA Battalion, 3rd Armored Division | 29.12.1944-30.12.1944 |
| 83rd Armored FA Battalion, 3rd Armored Division | 29.12.1944-30.12.1944 |
| 18th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) | 30.12.1944-07.01.1945 |
| 460th FA Battalion | 11.01.1945-12.01.1945 |
| 254th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) | 11.01.1945-25.01.1945 |
| 969th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) | 30.01.1945-05.02.1945 |
| 283rd FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) | 11.02.1945-12.02.1945 |
| Hq & Hq Battery, 40th FA Group | 11.02.1945-12.02.1945 |
| 692nd FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) | 11.03.1945-25.03.1945 |
| 691st FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) | 11.03.1945-02.04.1945 & 03.04.1945-14.04.1945 |
| 215th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) | 12.03.1945-18.03.1945 & 31.03.1945-14.04.1945 |
| 25th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) | 24.03.1945-26.03.1945 |
| 70th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) | 24.03.1945-26.03.1945 |
| 65th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) | 24.03.1945-26.03.1945 |
| 696th FA Battalion | 24.03.1945-26.03.1945 |
| 807th FA Battalion | 25.03.1945-26.03.1945 |
| 275th Armored FA Battalion | 31.03.1945-00.00.0000 (?) |
| 751st FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) | 31.03.1945-02.04.1945 & 03.04.1945-14.04.1945 |
| Hq & Hq Battery, 219th FA Group | 03.04.1945-14.04.1945 |
| 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division | 28.12.1944-04.01.1945 |
| 509th Parachute Battalion | 29.12.1944-01.01.1945 |
| 1st and 2nd Battalions, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division | 29.12.1944-30.12.1944 |
| I Company, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division | 29.12.1944-30.12.1944 |
| 3rd Battalion, 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (less C Company) | 30.12.1944-01.01.1945 |
| 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | 01.01.1945-03.01.1945 |
| 115th Infantry Brigade (British) | 21.02.1945-29.02.1945 |
| 6th Ind. Company (Netherlands) | 21.02.1945-02.03.1945 |
| 15th Fusilliers Battalion (Belgium) | 24.03.1945-29.03.1945 |
| 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division | 01.04.1945-07.04.1945 |
| 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division | 07.04.1945-13.04.1945 |
| 772nd TD Battalion (T) | 22.12.1944-04.06.1945 |
| 629th TD Battalion (SP) | 24.12.1944-01.01.1945 |
| 814th TD Battalion (SP) | 30.12.1944-05.01.1945 |
| 628th TD Battalion (SP) | 10.01.1945-15.01.1945 |
| 654th TD Battalion (SP) | 24.03.1945-25.03.1945 |
| 807th TD Battalion (SP) | 25.03.1945-29.03.1945 |
| Assignments |
| 09.11.1944 | ETOUSA | ||
| 09.12.1944 | 12th Army Group | ||
| 09.12.1944 | 9th Army | 12th Army Group | |
| 11.12.1944 | XVI Corps | 9th Army | 12th Army Group |
| 22.12.1944 | VII Corps | 1st Army | 12th Army Group |
| 29.12.1944 | XVIII Airborne Corps | 1st Army | 12th Army Group |
| 02.01.1945 | VII Corps | 1st Army | 12th Army Group |
| 07.01.1945 | XVIII Airborne Corps | 1st Army | 12th Army Group |
| 25.01.1945 | 1st Army | 6th Army Group | |
| 30.01.1945 | XXI Corps | 7th Army | 6th Army Group |
| 11.02.1945 | 7th Army | 6th Army Group | |
| 14.02.1945 | 12th Army Group | ||
| 17.02.1945 | VIII Corps (British) | 9th Army | 12th Army Group |
| 01.03.1945 | XVI Corps | 9th Army | 12th Army Group |
| Detachments |
| Unit | Attached to |
| 75th Reconnaissance Troop | 15th Cavalry Group | 11.03.1945-26.03.1945 |
| 75th Reconnaissance Troop | XVI Corps | 15.04.1945-16.04.1945 |
| A Company, 275th Engineer Combat Battalion | VIII Corps (British) | 04.03.1945-10.03.1945 |
| 75th Division Artillery | 3rd Armored Division | 24.12.1944-07.01.1945 |
| 730th FA Battalion | 84th Infantry Division | 25.01.1945-26.01.1945 |
| 897th FA Battalion | VIII Corps (British) | 04.03.1945-10.03.1945 |
| 899th FA Battalion | 35th Infantry Division | 08.03.1945-10.03.1945 |
| 290th CT | 3rd Armored Division | 23.12.1944-31.12.1944 |
| 898th FA Battalion | 3rd Armored Division | 23.12.1944-31.12.1944 |
| 1st Platoon, B Company, 275th Engineer (C) Bn. | 3rd Armored Division | 23.12.1944-31.12.1944 |
| 291st Infantry Regiment (less 2nd Battalion) | VIII Corps | 24.12.1944-27.12.1944 |
| 289th CT | 3rd Armored Division | 24.12.1944-29.12.1944 |
| 730th FA Battalion | 3rd Armored Division | 24.12.1944-29.12.1944 |
| 897th FA Battalion | 3rd Armored Division | 24.12.1944-29.12.1944 |
| 2nd Battalion, 291st Infantry Division | 2nd Armored Division | 25.12.1944-28.12.1944 |
| 290th CT | 83rd Infantry Division | 31.12.1944-01.01.1945 |
| 898th FA Battalion | 83rd Infantry Division | 31.12.1944-01.01.1945 |
| 1st Platoon, B Company, 275th Engineer (C) Bn. | 83rd Infantry Division | 31.12.1944-01.01.1945 |
| 290th Infantry Regiment | 84th Infantry Division | 01.01.1945-10.01.1945 |
| 291st Infantry Regiment | 6th Airborne Division (British) | 19.02.1945-21.02.1945 |
| 290th Infantry Regiment | 6th Airborne Division (British) | 20.02.1945-21.02.1945 |
| 289th CT | VIII Corps (British) | 04.03.1945-10.03.1945 |
| 291st CT | 35th Infantry Division | 08.03.1945-10.03.1945 |
| 290th CT | 30th Infantry Division | 26.03.1945-27.03.1945 |
| 290th CT (less 1st Battalion) | 8th Armored Division | 27.03.1945-30.03.1945 |
| 1st Battalion, 290th Infantry Regiment | 8th Armored Division | 27.03.1945-31.03.1945 |
| Command Posts |
| Date | Town | Region | Country |
| 02.11.1944 | Tenby | Pembrokeshire | England |
| 14.12.1944 | Yvetot | Seine-Inferieure | France |
| 20.12.1944 | Wilfre | Limburg | Netherlands |
| 21.12.1944 | St. Herren Eldreen | Liege | Belgium |
| 22.12.1944 | Ocquier | Liege | Belgium |
| 30.12.1944 | Villers St-Gertrude | Liege | Belgium |
| 10.01.1945 | Theux | Liege | Belgium |
| 12.01.1945 | Haute Bedeaux | Liege | Belgium |
| 12.01.1945 | Odrimont (Adv.) | Liege | Belgium |
| 13.01.1945 | Abrefontaine | Liege | Belgium |
| 19.01.1945 | Vielsalm | Liege | Belgium |
| 22.01.1945 | Commanster (1 mile west; Adv.) | Liege | Belgium |
| 31.01.1945 | Ribeauville | Haut-Rhin | France |
| 02.02.1945 | Bischwihr (2 miles north) | Haut-Rhin | France |
| 03.02.1945 | Bischwihr | Haut-Rhin | France |
| 08.02.1945 | Andolsheim | Haut-Rhin | France |
| 14.02.1945 | Rehainviller | Haut-Rhin | France |
| 17.02.1945 | Roclenge sur Geer | Limbourg | Belgium |
| 18.02.1945 | Panningen | Limburg | Netherlands |
| 02.03.1945 | Echt | Limburg | Netherlands |
| 04.03.1945 | Venlo | Limburg | Netherlands |
| 10.03.1945 | Lintfort | Rhineland | Germany |
| 29.03.1945 | Heisfeld | Rhineland | Germany |
| 30.03.1945 | Imloh | Rhineland | Germany |
| 02.04.1945 | Marl | Westphalia | Germany |
| 04.04.1945 | Erkenschwick | Westphalia | Germany |
| 06.04.1945 | Mecklinghoven | Westphalia | Germany |
| 09.04.1945 | Ickern | Westphalia | Germany |
| 12.04.1945 | Castrop-Rauxel | Westphalia | Germany |
| 15.04.1945 | Braumbauer | Westphalia | Germany |
| 22.04.1945 | Plettenberg | Westphalia | Germany |
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| Last update: | 06.07.2002-CSS |