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UTAH BEACH - Assault Force "U"
D-Day - Order of battle |
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Western Task Force:  Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk - USS Augusta (CA-31) |
Alan G. Kirk
Don P. Moon
J. Lawton Collins |
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| Landing Force (125.1): Major General J. Lawton Collins (VII Corps) |
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| Major General Raymond O. Barton (4th Division) |
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| Shore Party (125.2): Brigadier General James E. Wharton |
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| 1st E.S.B.: Brigadier General James E. Wharton |
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| 2nd N.B.B.: Commander John F. Curtin |
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| Service & Repair Group: Lieutenant R. D. Cox |
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| Naval Combat Demolition Units: Lt. Commander Herbert A. Peterson |
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| Force Flagship (125.3): USS Bayfield: Captain Lyndon Spencer |
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| Green Assault Group (125.4): Commander Audley L. Warburton |
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| USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13): Captain Raymond J. Mauerman |
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SS Empire Gauntlet:  Master Robert J. Jeffers |
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| Red Assault Group (125.5): Commander Edward W. Wilson |
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| USS Barnett (APA-5): Commander Stewart S. Reynolds |
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| USS Bayfield (APA-33): Captain Lyndon Spencer |
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| Escort Group (125.6): Commander William W. Outerbridge |
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| USS Barton (DD-722): Commander Joseph W. Callahan |
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| USS Glennon (DD-620): Commander Clifford A. Johnson |
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| USS Jeffers (DD-621): Lt. Commander Hugh Q. Murray |
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| USS Laffey (DD-724): Commander Frederick J. Becton |
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| USS Meredith (DD-726): Commander George Knuepfer |
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| USS O'Brien (DD-725): Commander William W. Outerbridge |
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| USS Walke (DD-723): Commander John C. Zahm |
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Aconit:  Lieutenant de vaisseau Charles J. M. Le Millier |
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| Renoncule: Lieutenant de vaisseau Raymond E. Mithois |
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| Support Craft Group (125.7): Lt. Commander Lewis E. Hart |
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| Bombardment Group (125.8): Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo |
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| USS Navada (BB-36): Captain Powell M. Rhea |
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| USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37): Captain John B. Waller |
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| USS Quincy (CA-71): Captain Elliot M. Senn |
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| USS Fitch (DD-462): Commander Kinlock Walpole |
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| USS Forrest (DD-461): Commander Kenneth P. Letts |
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| USS Corry (DD-463): Lt. Commander George D. Hoffman |
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| USS Hobson (DD-464): Lt. Commander Kenneth Loveland |
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| USS Butler (DD-636): Commander Mitchell D. Matthews |
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| USS Gherardi (DD-637): Commander Neale R. Curtin |
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| USS Herndon (DD-638): Commander Granville A. Moore |
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| USS Shubrick (DD-639): Lt. Commander William Blenman |
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| USS Bates (DE-68): Lt. Commander Henry A. Wilmerding Jr |
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| USS Rich (DE-695): Lt. Commander E. A. Michel |
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| HMS Black Prince (D-81): Captain Dennis M. Lees |
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HMS Enterprise (D-52):  Captain Harold T. W. Grant |
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| HMS Erebus (I-02): Captain John S. P. Colquhoun |
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| HMS Hawkins (D-86): Captain John W. Josselyn |
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Hr Ms Soemba (A-891):  Lt. Commander H.L. Pröpper |
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| Minesweeper Group (125.9): Commander Malcolm H. Brown |
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| Sweep Unit 1: Commander Malcolm H. Brown |
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| Sweep Unit 2: Commander George. W. Irvine |
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| Sweep Unit 3: Commander Henry Plander |
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| Sweep Unit 4: Lieutenant H. J. White |
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| Sweep Unit 5: Lieutenant C. L. Rich |
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| Sweep Unit 6: Lt. Commander Archie Ludlow |
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| Sweep Unit 7: Lieutenant (Jg) Irving Kramer |
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Sweep Unit 8:  Lieutenant A. L. Hargraves |
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| Far Shore Service Group (125.10): Captain James E. Arnold |
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| Sea Rescue Group (125.11): Lt. Commander Alexander V. Stewart |
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| Follow-up Convoy Group (125.12): Commander W. S. Blair |
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| P.T. Boats (125.13): Robert "Red" Read |
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| Special Task Group (125.14): Lt. Commander Harry M. Nees |
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| Combat Salvage & Fire Fighting "U" (122.3.2): Lt. Commander Marshall. L. McClung |
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| Causeway Construction Unit (125.15): Lt. Commander Jack B. Baines |
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