87th Infantry Division

87th US Infantry Division "Golden Acorn"

Divisional information
Divisional troops
Attachments
Assignments
Detachments
Command Posts

Divisional information
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Specials

[read more] Read the letter that Maj.-Gen. Frank L. Culin (CG) wrote to all the members of the 87th Infantry Division

[read more] Read the Personal Combat Log of Cpl. Mitchell Kaidy (D Company, 345th Infantry Division, 87th Infantry Division)

[read more] Read the letter that Lt.-Gen. George S. Patton (Jr.) wrote all the members of the VIII Corps

[read more] Record Battle Opened 56 Years Ago (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)

[read more] Who Really Liberated Bastogne? (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)

[read more] A.S.T.P. (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)

[read more] The Critical Assault on Goldbrick Hill (by Mr. Ed Jans & Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)

[read more] A Two-dollar Bill (by Jeroen Koppes)

[read more] The General that history forgot; and one that popular lore created (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)

[read more] A Saga of War in the Snow in Germany (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)

[read more] The power and the glory: The 87th Division attacks (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)

History

Activated 15.12.1942

Arrived ETO 13.11.1944

Arrived Continent (D+180) 03.12.1944

Entered Combat 13.12.1944

Statistic

Days in Combat 134

Prisoners of War Taken 10282

Casualties (Tentative)

Killed 1109

Wouded 4110

Missing 306

Captured 30

Battle Casualties 5555

Non Battle Casualties 6032

Total Casualties 11587

Percent of T/O Strength 82.2%

Individual Awards

Medal of Honor 1
Distinguished Service Cross 3
Legion of Merit 13
Silver Star 391
Soldiers Medal 23
Bronze Star 847
Air Medal 49

Campaigns

Rhineland in WWII
Ardennes-Alsace in WWII
Central Europe in WWII

Commanding General (CG)

22.10.1944	Brig.-Gen. Frank L. Culin (Jr.)
19.12.1944	Brig.-Gen. John M. Lentz
15.01.1945	Brig.-Gen. Frank L. Culin (Jr.)
15.04.1945	Maj.-Gen. Frank L. Culin (Jr.)

Assistant Division Commander

22.10.1944 Brig.-Gen. John L. McKee

Artillery Commander

22.10.1944 Brig.-Gen. William W. Ford

Chief of Staff

22.10.1944 Col. Walker R. Goodrich

17.01.1945 Col. Grant Layng

Assistant Chief of Staff G-1

22.10.1944 Maj. James B. Scott

20.11.1944 Maj. Howard K. Wallace

25.01.1945 Lt.-Col. Edwin O'Conner (Jr.)

Assistant Chief of Staff G-2

22.10.1944 Lt.-Col. John F.T. Murray

Assistant Chief of Staff G-3

22.10.1944 Lt.-Col. Perry E. Conant

04.01.1945 Maj. Arthur L. Gayle (Jr.)

01.05.1945 Lt.-Col. Arthur L. Gayle (Jr.)

Assistant Chief of Staff G-4

22.10.1944 Lt.-Col. John J. Brown

Assistant Chief of Staff G-5

11.12.1944 Maj. Eugene M. Lee

Adjutant General

22.10.1944 Lt.-Col. Mark Amen

Divisional troops
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Infantry

345th Infantry Regiment 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

346th Infantry Regiment 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

347th Infantry Regiment 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Field Artillery (FA)

334th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

336th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

912th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

335th FA Battalion (155mm Howizter) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Other troops

87th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

87th Quartermaster Company 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

312th Engineer Combat Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

312th Medical Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

87th Signal Company 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

787th 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
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Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)

549th AAA AW Battalion (Mobile) (less D Battery) 24.12.1944-09.05.1944

A Company, 575th AAA AW Battalion (SP) 24.02.1945-04.03.1945

Armor

37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division 14.12.1944-19.12.1944

761st Tank Battalion 20.12.1944-23.12.1944 & 01.01.1945-15.01.1945 & 26.01.1945-01.02.1945

Two Platoons, A Company, 22nd Tank Battalion, 11th Armored Division 09.01.1945

735th Tank Battalion 01.02.1945-09.03.1945 & 15.03.1945-09.05.1945

CC A, 11th Armored Division 24.02.1945-04.03.1945

42nd Tank Battalion, 11th Armored Division 24.02.1945-04.03.1945

Assault Gun Platoon, Hq Company, 735th Tank Battalion 13.03.1945-09.05.1945

Cavalry

41st Cavalry Recon. Squadron, 11th Armored Division (less B Troop) 24.02.1945-04.03.1945

6th Cavalry Recon. Squadron 04.03.1945-05.03.1945

Chemical

161st Chemical SG Company 24.02.1945-28.02.1945

C Company, 93rd Chemical Mortar Battalion 05.03.1945-20.03.1945

Engineer

1252nd Engineer Combat Battalion 17.01.1945-20.01.1945

1255th Engineer Combat Battalion 17.01.1945-26.01.1945

A Company, 56th Armored Engineer Battalion, 11th Armored Division 24.02.1945-04.03.1945

Field Artillery (FA)

802nd FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer)	05.01.1945-15.01.1945
687th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer)	01.02.1945-12.02.1945 & 18.02.1945-05.03.1945
81st FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer)	06.02.1945-12.02.1945 & 18.02.1945-08.03.1945
B Battery, 174th FA Battalion (155mm Gun)	18.02.1945-08.03.1945
490th Armored FA Battalion, 11th Armored Division	24.02.1945-04.03.1945

Infantry

4th Parachute Battalion (French)	04.01.1945-15.01.1945
12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division	09.01.1945-18.01.1945
63rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division	24.02.1945-04.03.1945
3rd Battalion, 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division	26.03.1945-27.03.1945

Tank Destroyer (TD)

Two Platoons, B Company, 602nd TD Battalion (SP)	12.12.1944-13.12.1944 & 01.02.1945-03.02.1945
610th TD Battalion (SP)	14.12.1944-22.12.1944
704th TD Battalion (SP)	17.12.1944-19.12.1944
691st TD Battalion (T)	22.12.1944-24.12.1944 & 08.01.1945-26.01.1945
811th TD Battalion (SP)	26.01.1945-28.01.1945
607th TD Battalion (T)	03.02.1945-06.03.1945 & 15.03.1945-09.05.1945
A Company, 705th TD Battalion (SP)	24.02.1945-04.03.1945

Assignments

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17.10.1944			ETOUSA
25.11.1944		Third Army
04.12.1944	III Corps	Third Army
09.12.1944	III Corps	Third Army	12th Army Group
11.12.1944	XII Corps	Third Army	12th Army Group
21.12.1944	XV Corps	Seventh Army	12th Army Group
26.12.1944			12th Army Group
29.12.1944	VIII Corps	Third Army	12th Army Group
14.01.1945	XII Corps	Third Army	12th Army Group
25.01.1945	VIII Corps	Third Army	12th Army Group
22.04.1945	VIII Corps	First Army	12th Army Group
06.05.1945	VIII Corps	Ninth Army

Detachments

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Unit

Attached to

346th Infantry Regiment	4th Infantry Division	15.01.1945-16.01.1945
347th Infantry Regiment	4th Infantry Division	15.01.1945-16.01.1945
345th CT	17th Airborne Division	15.01.1945-16.01.1945

Command Posts

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Date

Town

Region

Country

15.12.1942	Camp McCain	Mississippi	USA
03.12.1943	Maneuver Area	Tennessee	USA
20.01.1944	Fort Jackson	South Carolina	USA
09.10.1944	Camp Kilmer	New Jersey	USA
22.10.1944	Glasgow		Scotland
25.10.1944	Knutsford	Cheshire	England
24.11.1944	Southampton	Hampshire	England
26.11.1944	Le Havre	Seine-Inferieure	France
30.11.1944	Rouen	Seine-Inferieure	France
30.11.1944	St-Saens	Seine-Inferieure	France
08.12.1944	Metz	Moselle	France
10.12.1944	Oermingen	Bas-Rhin	France
13.12.1944	Achen	Bas-Rhin	France
15.12.1944	Gross Rederchingen	Bas-Rhin	France
22.12.1944	Achen	Bas-Rhin	France
24.12.1944	Dieuze	Moselle	France
25.12.1944	Pont Faverger	Marne	France
30.12.1944	Bertrix	Namur	Belgium
02.01.1945	Libramont	Luxembourg	Belgium
13.01.1945	Freux La Rue	Luxembourg	Belgium
15.01.1945	Sandweiler		Luxemburg
16.01.1945	Rodenbourg		Luxemburg
27.01.1945	Steinbach	Luxembourg	Belgium
27.01.1945	Hautbellain		Luxemburg
29.01.1945	Gruflange	Luxembourg	Belgium
02.02.1945	Schonberg	Luxembourg	Belgium
08.02.1945	Auw	Rhineland	Germany
11.02.1945	Schonberg	Luxembourg	Belgium
26.02.1945	Auw	Rhineland	Germany
07.03.1945	Schonfeld	Rhineland	Germany
07.03.1945	Lissendorf	Rhineland	Germany
14.03.1945	Bassenheim	Rhineland	Germany
23.03.1945	Gondershausen	Rhineland	Germany
24.03.1945	Buchholz	Rhineland	Germany
26.03.1945	Boppard	Rhineland	Germany
27.03.1945	Dachsenhausen	Nassau	Germany
28.03.1945	Katzenelnbogen	Nassau	Germany
30.03.1945	Weilmunster	Nassau	Germany
05.04.1945	Friedewald	Nassau	Germany
06.04.1945	Schweina	Thuringia	Germany
08.04.1945	Floh	Thuringia	Germany
10.04.1945	Tambach	Thuringia	Germany
11.04.1945	Grafenroda	Thuringia	Germany
12.04.1945	Remda	Thuringia	Germany
13.04.1945	Saalfeld	Thuringia	Germany
15.04.1945	Possneck	Thuringia	Germany
16.04.1945	Pausa	Saxony	Germany
17.04.1945	Jocketa	Saxony	Germany
06.05.1945	Falkenstein	Saxony	Germany
16.05.1945	Saalburg		Germany
15.06.1945	Camp Oklahoma City	Sissone	France
29.06.1945	Camp Lucky Strike	Le Havre	France
11.07.1945	Camp Kilmer	NJ	USA
14.07.1945	Fort Benning	GA	USA

Sources & links:	87th Infantry Division Association
	Center of Military History
	Personal Archive of Mr. Mitchell Kaidy (Cpl. D Company, 345th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division)
Site design & initiative:	Hans Houterman
Site created by:	Jeroen Koppes
Many thanks to:	Mitchell Kaidy (from the USA), Jon Ferraro (from the USA)
Last update:	29.11.2003
Design notes:	CSS - ASP - modules
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[read more]	Read the letter that Maj.-Gen. Frank L. Culin (CG) wrote to all the members of the 87th Infantry Division
[read more]	Read the Personal Combat Log of Cpl. Mitchell Kaidy (D Company, 345th Infantry Division, 87th Infantry Division)
[read more]	Read the letter that Lt.-Gen. George S. Patton (Jr.) wrote all the members of the VIII Corps
[read more]	Record Battle Opened 56 Years Ago (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)
[read more]	Who Really Liberated Bastogne? (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)
[read more]	A.S.T.P. (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)
[read more]	The Critical Assault on Goldbrick Hill (by Mr. Ed Jans & Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)
[read more]	A Two-dollar Bill (by Jeroen Koppes)
[read more]	The General that history forgot; and one that popular lore created (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)
[read more]	A Saga of War in the Snow in Germany (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)
[read more]	The power and the glory: The 87th Division attacks (by Mr. Mitchell Kaidy)

Activated	15.12.1942
Arrived ETO	13.11.1944
Arrived Continent (D+180)	03.12.1944
Entered Combat	13.12.1944

Killed	1109
Wouded	4110
Missing	306
Captured	30
Battle Casualties	5555
Non Battle Casualties	6032
Total Casualties	11587
Percent of T/O Strength	82.2%

Medal of Honor	1
Distinguished Service Cross	3
Legion of Merit	13
Silver Star	391
Soldiers Medal	23
Bronze Star	847
Air Medal	49

Rhineland	in WWII
Ardennes-Alsace	in WWII
Central Europe	in WWII

22.10.1944	Maj. James B. Scott
20.11.1944	Maj. Howard K. Wallace
25.01.1945	Lt.-Col. Edwin O'Conner (Jr.)

22.10.1944	Lt.-Col. Perry E. Conant
04.01.1945	Maj. Arthur L. Gayle (Jr.)
01.05.1945	Lt.-Col. Arthur L. Gayle (Jr.)

345th Infantry Regiment	00.00.0000-00.00.0000
346th Infantry Regiment	00.00.0000-00.00.0000
347th Infantry Regiment	00.00.0000-00.00.0000

334th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter)	00.00.0000-00.00.0000
336th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter)	00.00.0000-00.00.0000
912th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter)	00.00.0000-00.00.0000
335th FA Battalion (155mm Howizter)	00.00.0000-00.00.0000

87th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)	00.00.0000-00.00.0000
87th Quartermaster Company	00.00.0000-00.00.0000
312th Engineer Combat Battalion	00.00.0000-00.00.0000
312th Medical Battalion	00.00.0000-00.00.0000
87th Signal Company	00.00.0000-00.00.0000
787th 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

549th AAA AW Battalion (Mobile) (less D Battery)	24.12.1944-09.05.1944
A Company, 575th AAA AW Battalion (SP)	24.02.1945-04.03.1945

37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division	14.12.1944-19.12.1944
761st Tank Battalion	20.12.1944-23.12.1944 & 01.01.1945-15.01.1945 & 26.01.1945-01.02.1945
Two Platoons, A Company, 22nd Tank Battalion, 11th Armored Division	09.01.1945
735th Tank Battalion	01.02.1945-09.03.1945 & 15.03.1945-09.05.1945
CC A, 11th Armored Division	24.02.1945-04.03.1945
42nd Tank Battalion, 11th Armored Division	24.02.1945-04.03.1945
Assault Gun Platoon, Hq Company, 735th Tank Battalion	13.03.1945-09.05.1945

41st Cavalry Recon. Squadron, 11th Armored Division (less B Troop)	24.02.1945-04.03.1945
6th Cavalry Recon. Squadron	04.03.1945-05.03.1945

161st Chemical SG Company	24.02.1945-28.02.1945
C Company, 93rd Chemical Mortar Battalion	05.03.1945-20.03.1945

1252nd Engineer Combat Battalion	17.01.1945-20.01.1945
1255th Engineer Combat Battalion	17.01.1945-26.01.1945
A Company, 56th Armored Engineer Battalion, 11th Armored Division	24.02.1945-04.03.1945