313 Infantry Regiment
314th Infantry Regiment
315th Infantry Regiment
HHB Division Artillery
310th Field Artillery Battalion [105mm]
311th Field Artillery Battalion [105mm]
312th Field Artillery Battalion [155mm]
904th Field Artillery Battalion [105mm]
79th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
191st Tank Battalion (attached 1Dec44-22Dec44)
717th Tank Battalion (attached 8Mar45-20APr45)
744th Tank Battalion (attached 17Apr45-18Apr45)
749th Tank Battalion (attached 1Jul44-24Jul44)
761st Tank Battalion (attached 20Feb45-1Mar45)
781st Tank Battalion (attached 22Dec44-3Jan45)
605th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 22Apr45-30Apr45)
773d Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 9Sep44-12Oct44)
809th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 20Mar45-26Mar45)
813th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached (1Jul44-9Sep44, 12Oct44-21Apr45)
463d AAA Auto-WQeapons Battalion (attached 1Jul44-9Jul45)
304th Engineer Combat Battalion
304th Medical Battalion
79th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment
Headquarters Special Troops
Headquarters Company, 79th Infantry Division
Military Police Platoon
779th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
79th Quartermaster Company
79th Signal Company
Commandements successifs:
Général Ira T. Wyche: Jun 42
Général de Brigade LeRoy H. Watson: May 45
Général Anthony C. McAuliffe: Jul 45
Général de Brigade LeRoy H. Watson: Aug 45
A la lecture des différents généraux, pensez-vous qu'il s'agisse du même Anthony Mc Auliffe rendu célèbre par son fameux "Nuts" lors du siège de Bastogne par la 101st?
La 79th participera aux campagnes suivantes:
Normandie, Nord de la France, Offensive du Rhin, Alsace et Europe centrale (un récit un peu plus détaillé de chacune de ces campagnes sera posté ultérieurement).
Au total, les pertes de la 79th pendant la ww2 se chiffreront à :
2 476 KIA
10 971 WIA
467 DOW
A+.
314th Infantry Regiment
315th Infantry Regiment
HHB Division Artillery
310th Field Artillery Battalion [105mm]
311th Field Artillery Battalion [105mm]
312th Field Artillery Battalion [155mm]
904th Field Artillery Battalion [105mm]
79th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
191st Tank Battalion (attached 1Dec44-22Dec44)
717th Tank Battalion (attached 8Mar45-20APr45)
744th Tank Battalion (attached 17Apr45-18Apr45)
749th Tank Battalion (attached 1Jul44-24Jul44)
761st Tank Battalion (attached 20Feb45-1Mar45)
781st Tank Battalion (attached 22Dec44-3Jan45)
605th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 22Apr45-30Apr45)
773d Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 9Sep44-12Oct44)
809th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 20Mar45-26Mar45)
813th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached (1Jul44-9Sep44, 12Oct44-21Apr45)
463d AAA Auto-WQeapons Battalion (attached 1Jul44-9Jul45)
304th Engineer Combat Battalion
304th Medical Battalion
79th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment
Headquarters Special Troops
Headquarters Company, 79th Infantry Division
Military Police Platoon
779th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
79th Quartermaster Company
79th Signal Company
Commandements successifs:
Général Ira T. Wyche: Jun 42
Général de Brigade LeRoy H. Watson: May 45
Général Anthony C. McAuliffe: Jul 45
Général de Brigade LeRoy H. Watson: Aug 45
A la lecture des différents généraux, pensez-vous qu'il s'agisse du même Anthony Mc Auliffe rendu célèbre par son fameux "Nuts" lors du siège de Bastogne par la 101st?
La 79th participera aux campagnes suivantes:
Normandie, Nord de la France, Offensive du Rhin, Alsace et Europe centrale (un récit un peu plus détaillé de chacune de ces campagnes sera posté ultérieurement).
Au total, les pertes de la 79th pendant la ww2 se chiffreront à :
2 476 KIA
10 971 WIA
467 DOW
A+.