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D-DAY - UNITS
Assault Force "U" (Utah Beach)
Alan G. Kirk
Don P. Moon
J. Lawton Collins
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
James A. Van Fleet
Leonard T. Schroeder, Jr
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Western Task Force
:
Rear Admiral Allan G. Kirk - USS Augusta (CA-31)
Assault Force "U":
Rear Admiral Don P. Moon
Landing Force (125.1):
Major General J. Lawton Collins (
U.S. VII Corps
)
Major General Raymond O. Barton (
U.S. 4th Division
)
Shore Party (125.2):
Brigadier General James E. Wharton
1st E.S.B.:
Brigadier General James E. Wharton
2nd N.B.B.:
Commander John F. Curtin
Service & Repair Group:
Lieutenant R. D. Cox
Naval Combat Demolition Units:
Lt. Commander Herbert A. Peterson
Force Flagship (125.3):
USS Bayfield: Captain Lyndon Spencer
Green Assault Group (125.4):
Commander Audley L. Warburton
USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13):
Captain Raymond J. Mauerman
SS Empire Gauntlet:
Master Robert J. Jeffers
Red Assault Group (125.5):
Commander Edward W. Wilson
USS Barnett (APA-5):
Commander Stewart S. Reynolds
USS Bayfield (APA-33):
Captain Lyndon Spencer
Escort Group (125.6): Commander William W. Outerbridge
USS Barton (DD-722):
Commander Joseph W. Callahan
USS Glennon (DD-620):
Commander Clifford A. Johnson
USS Jeffers (DD-621):
Lt. Commander Hugh Q. Murray
USS Laffey (DD-724):
Commander Frederick J. Becton
USS Meredith (DD-726):
Commander George Knuepfer
USS O'Brien (DD-725):
Commander William W. Outerbridge
USS Walke (DD-723):
Commander John C. Zahm
Aconit:
Lieutenant de vaisseau Charles J. M. Le Millier
Renoncule:
Lieutenant de vaisseau Raymond E. Mithois
Support Craft Group (125.7):
Lt. Commander Lewis E. Hart
Bombardment Group (125.8):
Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo
USS Navada (BB-36):
Captain Powell M. Rhea
USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37):
Captain John B. Waller
USS Quincy (CA-71):
Captain Elliot M. Senn
USS Fitch (DD-462):
Commander Kinlock Walpole
USS Forrest (DD-461):
Commander Kenneth P. Letts
USS Corry (DD-463):
Lt. Commander George D. Hoffman
USS Hobson (DD-464):
Lt. Commander Kenneth Loveland
USS Butler (DD-636):
Commander Mitchell D. Matthews
USS Gherardi (DD-637):
Commander Neale R. Curtin
USS Herndon (DD-638):
Commander Granville A. Moore
USS Shubrick (DD-639):
Lt. Commander William Blenman
USS Bates (DE-68):
Lt. Commander Henry A. Wilmerding Jr
USS Rich (DE-695):
Lt. Commander E. A. Michel
HMS Black Prince (D-81):
Captain Dennis M. Lees
HMS Enterprise (D-52):
Captain Harold T. W. Grant
HMS Erebus (I-02):
Captain John S. P. Colquhoun
HMS Hawkins (D-86):
Captain John W. Josselyn
Hr Ms Soemba (A-891):
Lt. Commander H.L. Pröpper
Minesweeper Group (125.9):
Commander Malcolm H. Brown
Sweep Unit 1:
Commander Malcolm H. Brown
Sweep Unit 2:
Commander George. W. Irvine
Sweep Unit 3:
Commander Henry Plander
Sweep Unit 4:
Lieutenant H. J. White
Sweep Unit 5:
Lieutenant C. L. Rich
Sweep Unit 6:
Lt. Commander Archie Ludlow
Sweep Unit 7:
Lieutenant (Jg) Irving Kramer
Sweep Unit 8:
Lieutenant A. L. Hargraves
Far Shore Service Group (125.10):
Captain James E. Arnold
Sea Rescue Group (125.11):
Lt. Commander Alexander V. Stewart
USCG 16 (83377): Lieutenant(Jg) R. V. McPhail
USCG 17 (83378): Ensign A. D. Amhart
USCG 18 (83398):
USCG 19 (83399):
USCG 20 (83401):
USCG 21 (83402):
USCG 22 (83407):
USCG 23 (83408): Ensign John N. Kellam
USCG 24 (83409):
USCG 25 (83411):
Follow-up Convoy Group (125.12):
Commander W. S. Blair
P.T. Boats (125.13):
Robert "Red" Read
Special Task Group (125.14): Lt. Commander Harry M. Nees
Combat Salvage & Fire Fighting "U" (122.3.2):
Lt. Commander Marshall. L. McClung
Causeway Construction Unit (125.15):
Lt. Commander Jack B. Baines