JOUR-J - UNITES

2nd Infantry Division (Omaha Beach)

   
Leonard T. Gerow

Walter M. Robertson
   
 
In September 1943 the division received their staging orders, and moved to the Camp Shanks staging area at Orangeburg, New York on 3 October 1943, where they received Port Call orders. On 8 October the division officially sailed from the New York Port of Embarkation, and started arriving in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 17 October. They then moved over to England, where they trained and staged for forward movement to France.
After training in Northern Ireland and Wales from October 1943 to June 1944, the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the channel to land on Omaha Beach on D plus 1 (7 June 1944) near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.
 
      
 
Commanding General: Major General Walter M. Robertson  [voir le dossier]
Assistant Commanding: Brigadier General Thomas L. Martin  [voir le dossier]
Adjutant General: Lt. Colonel Morris Braveman  [voir le dossier]
Chief of Staff: Colonel John H. Stokes, Jr  [voir le dossier]
G-1: Major Arthur M. Sherwood, III  [voir le dossier]
G-2: Lt. Colonel Donald P. Christensen  [voir le dossier]
G-3: Lt. Colonel John H. Chiles  [voir le dossier]
G-4: Lt. Colonel Homer S. Reese  [voir le dossier]
G-5: Lt. Colonel Ellis O. Keller  [voir le dossier]
Chaplain:
Surgeon:
 
  9th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Chester J. Hirshfelder  [voir le dossier]
      Hq Company:
    1st Battalion: Lt. Colonel H. K. Wesson  [voir le dossier]
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    2nd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Walter M. Higgins, Jr  [voir le dossier]
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    3rd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Paul V. Tuttle  [voir le dossier]
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  23rd Infantry Regiment: Colonel Hurley E. Fuller  [voir le dossier]
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    1st Battalion: Lt. Colonel William Humphries  [voir le dossier]
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    2nd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Raymond B. Marlin  [voir le dossier]
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    3rd Battalion: Lt. Colonel John B. Naser  [voir le dossier]
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  38th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Walter A. Elliott  [voir le dossier]
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    1st Battalion: Lt. Colonel Frank T. Mildren  [voir le dossier]
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    2nd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Jack K. Norris  [voir le dossier]
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    3rd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Malcom R. Stotts  [voir le dossier]
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  2nd Engineer Combat Bn.:
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  2nd Medical Bn.:
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  2nd Division Artillery:
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    xxth Field Artillery Bn.:
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  2nd Military Police Pl.:
   
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  2nd Reconnaissance Troop: