JOUR-J - UNITES

101st Airborne Division (Utah Beach)


Omar N. Bradley

Maxwell D. Taylor

Howard R. Johnson

Loyal K. Bogart

Patrick F. Cassidy

Steve A. Chapuis

Fred O. Drennan

Robert G. Cole

Cecil L. Simmons

Robert Sink

William L. Turner

Lloyd E. Patch

Charles H. Chase

Melvin O. Davis

Robert B. Trenner

Benjamin Weisberg

John C. Pappas

Anthony C. McAuliffe
 
The pathfinders of the 101st Airborne Division led the way on D-Day in the night drop before the invasion. They left from RAF North Witham, having trained there with the 82nd Airborne Division. These night drops caused a lot of trouble for the gliders. Many crashed and equipment and personnel were lost.
The 101st Airborne Division's objectives were to secure the four causeway exits behind Utah Beach between Saint-Martin-de-Varreville and Pouppeville to ensure the exit route for the 4th Infantry Division from the beach later that morning. The other objectives included destroying a German coastal artillery battery at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, capturing buildings nearby at Mésières believed used as barracks and a command post for the artillery battery, capturing the Douve River lock at La Barquette (opposite Carentan), capturing two footbridges spanning the Douve at La Porte opposite Brévands, destroying the highway bridges over the Douve at Saint-Côme-du-Mont, and securing the Douve River valley. Their secondary mission was to protect the southern flank of VII Corps. They destroyed two bridges along the Carentan highway and a railroad bridge just west of it. They gained control of La Barquette locks, and established a bridgehead over Douve River which was located north-east of Carentan.
 
      
 
Commanding General: Major General Maxwell D. Taylor  [voir le dossier]
Assistant Commanding: Brigadier General Don F. Pratt  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
G-1: Lt. Colonel Ned D. Moor  [voir le dossier]
G-2: Major Arthur M. Sommerfields  [voir le dossier]
G-3: Lt. Colonel Raymond D. Millener  [voir le dossier]
G-4: Lt. Colonel Carl W. Kohls  [voir le dossier]
G-5: Major Glen C. Eberle  [voir le dossier]
Chaplain: Lt. Colonel Louis R. Goodrich  [voir le dossier]
Surgeon: Lt. Colonel David Gold  [voir le dossier]
 
  501st Parachute Infantry Regiment: Colonel Howard R. Johnson  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: Captain William G. Burd  [voir le dossier]
      Service Company: Captain William H. Butler  [voir le dossier]
    1st Battalion: Lt. Colonel Robert C. Carroll  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
      Hq Company: Captain John W. Simmons  [voir le dossier]
      Company A: Captain William W. Paty, Jr  [voir le dossier] (WIA 7 June 44)
      Company B: Captain Loyal K. Bogart  [voir le dossier] (KIA 11 June 44)
      Company C: Captain Robert H. Philips  [voir le dossier]
    2nd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Robert A. Ballard  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: Captain Edmund Rhett  [voir le dossier]
      Company D: 1st Lieutenant William E. Osborn  [voir le dossier]
      Company E: Captain Donald A. Brown  [voir le dossier]
      Company F: Captain Sammis N. Homan  [voir le dossier]
    3rd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Julian J. Ewell  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: 1st Lieutenant Jack F. Thornton  [voir le dossier]
      Company G: 1st Lieutenant Vernon Kraeger  [voir le dossier]
      Company H: Captain Felix W. Stanley  [voir le dossier]
      Company I: Captain Richard E. Hotchkiss  [voir le dossier]
 
  502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment: Colonel George Moseley  [voir le dossier] (WIA 6 June 44)
      Hq Company: Captain Rudolph M. Jones  [voir le dossier]
      Service Company: Captain Eldia R. Haire  [voir le dossier]
    1st Battalion: Lt. Colonel Patrick F. Cassidy  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: Captain James J. Hatch  [voir le dossier]
      Company A: Captain Richard L. Davidson  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
      Company B: Captain Cleveland R. Fitzgerald  [voir le dossier] (WIA 6 June 44)
      Company C: Captain Fred A. Hancock  [voir le dossier]
    2nd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Steve A. Chappuis  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: Captain James R. Martin, Jr  [voir le dossier]
      Company D: Captain William A. Bolton  [voir le dossier]
      Company E: 1st Lieutenant Fred O. Drennan  [voir le dossier]
      Company F: Captain Legrand K. Johnson  [voir le dossier]
    3rd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Robert G. Cole  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: Captain Raymond T. Smith  [voir le dossier]
      Company G: Captain Robert L. Clements  [voir le dossier]
      Company H: Captain Cecil L. Simmons  [voir le dossier]
      Company I: Captain Ivan R. Hershner, Jr  [voir le dossier]
 
  506th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Colonel Robert Sink  [voir le dossier]
    Executive Officer: Lt. Colonel Charles H. Chase  [voir le dossier]
    S-1: Captain Robert I. Barry  [voir le dossier]
    S-2: Major Oliver M. Horton  [voir le dossier]
    S-3: Major Harold W. Hannah  [voir le dossier]
    S-4: Captain Herbert M. Sobel  [voir le dossier]
    Regimental Surgeon: Major Louis R. Kent  [voir le dossier]
    Chaplain: Captain Tilden S. McGee  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: Captain Edward A. Peters  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
        Demolition Platoon: 2nd Lieutenant Charles W. Mellen  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
        Communication Platoon: 1st Lieutenant John H. Reeder  [voir le dossier]
      Service Company: Captain George L. Barton III  [voir le dossier]
    1st Battalion: Lt. Colonel William L. Turner  [voir le dossier] (KIA 7 June 44)
      Executive Officer: Major Franklin E. Foster  [voir le dossier]
      S-1: 1st Lieutenant James D. Holmes  [voir le dossier]
      S-2:
      S-3: 1st Lieutenant Eli H. Howell  [voir le dossier]
      S-4: 1st Lieutenant Steven S. Ferebee, Jr.  [voir le dossier] (WIA 6 June 44)
      Battalion Surgeon: Captain Joseph A. Warren  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: Captain Lloyd E. Patch  [voir le dossier]
        Common Platoon:
        Machine Gun Platoon:
        Mortar Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Eugene P. Knott, Jr.   [voir le dossier] (KIA 13 June 44)
        Bazooka Platoon: 1st Sergeant David M. Rogers  [voir le dossier]
      Company A: Captain Melvin O. Davis  [voir le dossier]
        Executive Officer:
        1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Eugene M. Forbes  [voir le dossier]
        2nd Platoon:
        3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Elton E. Brooks  [voir le dossier]
      Company B: Captain Clovis Y. Tollett  [voir le dossier]
        Executive Officer:
        1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant George H. Couch  [voir le dossier]
        2nd Platoon:
        3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant George A. Stokes  [voir le dossier]
      Company C: Captain Knut H. Raudstein  [voir le dossier]
        Executive Officer:
        1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Kenneth A. Beatty  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
        2nd Platoon:
        3rd Platoon:
    2nd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Robert L. Strayer  [voir le dossier]
    Executive Officer: Oliver M. Horton  [voir le dossier]
    S-1: 1st Lieutenant Salve H. Matheson  [voir le dossier]
    S-2:
    S-3:
    S-4: 1st Lieutenant George Lavenson  [voir le dossier]
    Battalion Surgeon: Captain Hugh T. Caumartin  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: Captain Lloyd J. Cox  [voir le dossier]
        Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Thomas L. Gibson
        Common Platoon:
        Machine Gun Platoon:
        Mortar Platoon:
        Bazooka Platoon:
      Company D: Captain Jerre S. Grosse (KIA 8 June)
        Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Joseph F. McMillan  [voir le dossier]
        1st Platoon:
        2nd Platoon:
        3rd Platoon:
      Company E: 1st Lieutenant Thomas Meehan III  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
        Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant James K. Davis  [voir le dossier]
        1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Harry F. Welsh  [voir le dossier]
        2nd Platoon: 2nd Lieutenant Lynn D. Compton  [voir le dossier]
        3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Raymond G. Smith
      Company F: Captain Thomas P. Mulvey  [voir le dossier]
        Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Carl B. MacDowell  [voir le dossier] (WIA 6 June 44)
        1st Platoon:
        2nd Platoon: 2nd Lieutenant Charles H. Semon  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
        3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Freeling T. Colt  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
    3rd Battalion: Lt. Colonel L. Wolverton  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
    Executive Officer: Major George S. Grant  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
    S-1: 1st Lieutenant James D. Holstun  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
    S-2: Captain John W. Kiley
    S-3:
    S-4:
    Battalion Surgeon: Captain Stanley E. Morgan  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company:
        Executive Officer:
        Common Platoon:
        Machine Gun Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Robert C. Machen Jr.  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
        Mortar Platoon:
        Bazooka Platoon:
      Company G: Harold Van Antwerp  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
        Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant James G. Morton  [voir le dossier]
        1st Platoon:
        2nd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Turner M. Chambliss Jr  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
        3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Joseph B. Doughtey Jr
      Company H: Captain Robert F. Harwick  [voir le dossier] (POW 6 June 44)
        Executive Officer: 1st Lieutenant Richard P. Meason  [voir le dossier]
        1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Edward S. Mehosky  [voir le dossier]
        2nd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Kenneth H. Christianson  [voir le dossier] (WIA 13 June 44)
        3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Peter A. Madden  [voir le dossier]
      Company I: Captain John T. McKnight  [voir le dossier] (POW 6 June 44)
        Executive Officer:
        1st Platoon: 1st Lieutenant Gerald V. Howard  [voir le dossier] (KIA 6 June 44)
        2nd Platoon:
        3rd Platoon: 1st Lieutenant James F. Nye  [voir le dossier]
 
  327th Glider Infantry Regiment: Colonel George S. Wear  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: Captain William Webb
    1st Battalion: Lt. Colonel Hartford T. Salee  [voir le dossier] (SWI 10 June 44)
      Hq Company:
      Company A: Captain Joseph B. Johnson  [voir le dossier]
      Company B: Captain Robert B. Trenner  [voir le dossier] (KIA 8 June 44)
      Company C: Captain Robert B. Galbraith  [voir le dossier]
    2nd Battalion: Colonel Thomas J. Rouzie  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company:
      Company D: Captain Ira E. Hamblin  [voir le dossier]
      Company E: Captain James F. Adams  [voir le dossier]
      Company F: 1st Lieutenant Hugh R. Evans  [voir le dossier]
    3rd Battalion (1/401st GIR): Lt. Colonel Ray C. Allen  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company: Captain Joe S. Brewster
      Company A: Captain Eldridge Naugher  [voir le dossier]
      Company B: Captain Robert J. McDonald
      Company C: Captain Preston E. Towns  [voir le dossier]
 
  101st Division Artillery: Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe  [voir le dossier]
    81st Airborne AA Bn.: Major X. B. Cox, Jr  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Battery:
      Battery A: Captain Thomas Moran  [voir le dossier]
      Battery B: Captain Alphonse Gueymard
      Battery C: Captain William S. Lockman  [voir le dossier]
      Battery D: Captain William G. Joe  [voir le dossier]
      Battery E: Captain Gene B. Ganier  [voir le dossier]
      Battery F: Captain Robert L. Jackson  [voir le dossier]
    321st Glider Field Artillery Bn.: Lt. Colonel Edward L. Carmichael  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Battery:
      Battery A:
      Battery B:
      Battery C:
      Battery D:
    377th Glider Field Artillery Bn.: Lt. Colonel Benjamin Weisberg  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Battery: Captain Charles E. Knight  [voir le dossier]
      Battery A: Captain Charles D. Aldrich  [voir le dossier]
      Battery B: Captain Grover C. Robinson
      Battery C: Captain Marion A. Parrott
      Battery D: Captain Fred C. Culpepper, Jr
    907th Parachute Field Artillery Bn.: Lt. Colonel Clarence F. Nelson  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Battery:
      Battery A:
      Battery B:
      Battery C:
 
  326th Airborne Engineer Bn.: Lt. Colonel John C. Pappas  [voir le dossier]
    Hq Company: Captain Walter W. Hogrefe  [voir le dossier]
    Company A: Captain Jack L. Rogers  [voir le dossier]
    Company B: Captain Donald H. Froemke  [voir le dossier]
    Company C: Captain Francis Liberatori  [voir le dossier]
  326th Airborne Medical Company: Major William Barfield  [voir le dossier]
  101st Airborne Military Police Pl.:
  101st Airborne Signal Company: 1st Lieutenant William H. Breen, Jr  [voir le dossier]