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History Activated Arrived ETO Arrived Continent (D+3) Entered Combat (first elements) Entered Combat (first elements) Entered Combat (entire division) Entered Combat (entire division) Call sign Statistic Days in Combat Prisoners of War Taken Casualties (Tentative) Killed Wounded Missing Captured Battle Casualties Non-Battle Casualties Total Casualties Percent of T/O Strength Individual Awards Medal of Honor

15.07.1940 24.11.1943 09.06.1944 08.11.1942 (at Casablanca) 13.07.1944 (on continent) 10.07.1943 (Sicily) 02.07.1944 (on continent) Powerhouse

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1.102 5.331 253 65 6.751 7.116 13.867 95.9%

Distinguished Service Cross Legion of Merit Silver Star Soldiers Medal Bronze Star Air Medal Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Service Medal

23 30 2302 189 6404 378 3 7

Medal of Honor Recipients

BURT, James M. Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Army, Company B, 66th Armored Regiment, 2d Armored Division. Place and date: Near Wurselen, Germany, 13 October 1944. Citation: Capt. James M. Burt was in command of Company B, 66th Armored Regiment on the western outskirts of Wurselen, Germany, on 13 October 1944, when his organization participated in a coordinated infantry-tank attack destined to isolate the large German garrison which was tenaciously defending the city of Aachen. In the first day's action, when infantrymen ran into murderous small-arms and mortar fire, Capt. Burt dismounted from his tank about 200 yards to the rear and moved forward on foot beyond the infantry positions, where, as the enemy concentrated a tremendous volume of fire upon him, he calmly motioned his tanks into good firing positions. As our attack gained momentum, he climbed aboard his tank and directed the action from the rear deck, exposed to hostile volleys which finally wounded him painfully in the face and neck. He maintained his dangerous post despite pointblank self-propelled gunfire until friendly artillery knocked out these enemy weapons, and then proceeded to the advanced infantry scouts' positions to deploy his tanks for the defense of the gains which had been made. The next day, when the enemy counterattacked, he left cover and went 75 yards through heavy fire to assist the infantry battalion commander who was seriously wounded. For the next 8 days, through rainy, miserable weather and under constant, heavy shelling, Capt. Burt held the combined forces together, dominating and controlling the critical situation through the sheer force of his heroic example. To direct artillery fire, on 15 October, he took his tank 300 yards into the enemy lines, where he dismounted and remained for 1 hour giving accurate data to friendly gunners. Twice more that day he went into enemy territory under deadly fire on reconnaissance. In succeeding days he never faltered in his determination to defeat the strong German forces opposing him. Twice the tank in which he was riding was knocked out by enemy action, and each time he climbed aboard another vehicle and continued the fight. He took great risks to rescue wounded comrades and inflicted prodigious destruction on enemy personnel and materiel even though suffering from the wounds he received in the battle's opening phase. Capt. Burt's intrepidity and disregard of personal safety were so complete that his own men and the infantry who attached themselves to him were inspired to overcome the wretched and extremely hazardous conditions which accompanied one of the most bitter local actions of the war. The victory achieved closed the Aachen gap.

KISTERS, Gerry H. Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant (then Sergeant), U.S. Army, 2d Armored Division. Place and date: Near Gagliano, Sicily, 31 July 1943. Citation: On 31 July 1943, near Gagliano, Sicily, a detachment of 1 officer and 9 enlisted men, including Sgt. Kisters, advancing ahead of the leading elements of U.S. troops to fill a large crater in the only available vehicle route through Gagliano, was taken under fire by 2 enemy machineguns. Sgt. Kisters and the officer, unaided and in the face of intense small arms fire, advanced on the nearest machinegun emplacement and succeeded in capturing the gun and its crew of 4. Although the greater part of the remaining small arms fire was now directed on the captured machinegun position, Sgt. Kisters voluntarily advanced alone toward the second gun emplacement. While creeping forward, he was struck 5 times by enemy bullets, receiving wounds in both legs and his right arm. Despite the wounds, he continued to advance on the enemy, and captured the second machinegun after killing 3 of its crew and forcing the fourth member to flee. The courage of this soldier and his unhesitating willingness to sacrifice his life, if necessary, served as an inspiration to the command. WHITTINGTON, HULON B. Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, 41st Armored Infantry, 2d Armored Division. Place and date: Near Grimesnil, France, 29 July 1944. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. On the night of 29 July 1944, near Grimesnil, France, during an enemy armored attack, Sgt. Whittington, a squad leader, assumed command of his platoon when the platoon leader and platoon sergeant became missing in action. He reorganized the defense and, under fire, courageously crawled between gun positions to check the actions of his men. When the advancing enemy attempted to penetrate a roadblock, Sgt. Whittington, completely disregarding intense enemy action, mounted a tank and by shouting through the turret, directed it into position to fire pointblank at the leading Mark V German tank. The destruction of this vehicle blocked all movement of the remaining enemy column consisting of over 100 vehicles of a Panzer unit. The blocked vehicles were then destroyed by handgrenades, bazooka, tank, and artillery fire and large numbers of enemy personnel were wiped out by a bold and resolute bayonet charge inspired by Sgt. Whittington. When the medical aid man had become a casualty, Sgt. Whittington personally administered first aid to his wounded men. The dynamic leadership, the inspiring example, and the dauntless courage of Sgt. Whittington, above and beyond the call of duty, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service. Campaigns Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe

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Commanding General (CG)

15.07.1940 00.11.1940 00.01.1942 00.07.1942 07.04.1943 06.05.1943 18.03.1944 12.09.1944 18.01.1945 23.03.1945 Artillery Commander 24.11.1943 05.08.1944 02.11.1944 Chief of Staff 24.11.1943 18.03.1944 29.09.1944 30.12.1944 Assistant Chief of Staff G-1 24.11.1943 07.10.1944 10.01.1945 Assistant Chief of Staff G-2 24.11.1943 27.04.1944 09.09.1944 16.12.1944 Assistant Chief of Staff G-3 24.11.1943 27.12.1943

Maj.-Gen. Charles L. Scott Brig.-Gen. George S. Patton (Jr.) Lt.-Gen. (?) Willis D. Crittenberger Maj.-Gen. Ernest N. Harmon Brig.-Gen. Allen F. Kingman Maj.-Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey Maj.-Gen. Edward H. Brooks Maj.-Gen. Ernest N. Harmon Brig.-Gen. Isaac D. White Maj.-Gen. Isaac D. White

Col. Thomas A. Roberts (Jr.) Lt.-Col. Carl I. Hutton Col. Carl I. Hutton

Col. Redding F. Perry Col. Charles D. Pamer Col. Clayton J. Mansfield Col. Gustavus W. West

Lt.-Col. Harold M. Forde Maj. Calvin S. Hannum Lt.-Col. Calvin S. Hannum

Lt.-Col. Harold M. Forde Lt.-Col. Jesse M. Hawkins (Jr.) Maj. Eugene A. Trahan Lt.-Col. Eugene A. Trahan

Maj. Lindsay C. Herkness (Jr.) Lt.-Col. Russell W. Jenna

23.01.1945 24.04.1945 Assistant Chief of Staff G-4 19.02.1944 15.12.1944 Assistant Chief of Staff G-5 19.02.1944 15.07.1944 11.12.1944 26.12.1944 Adjutant General 24.11.1943 19.03.1945 07.04.1945 Commanding Officer, Combat Command A 24.11.1943 04.08.1944 12.11.1944 Commanding Officer, Combat Command B 24.11.1943 28.05.1944 19.01.1945 21.03.1945

Lt.-Col. Briard P. Johnson Lt.-Col. Jasper J. Wilson

Lt.-Col. Charles C. Peterson Lt.-Col. Lewis M. Flint

Maj. Marcel F.J. Brunow Lt.-Col. Marcel F.J. Brunow Maj. Byron L. Connell (acting) Lt.-Col. Marcel F.J. Brunow

Lt.-Col. Robert H. Shell Maj. Clem G. Hailey Maj. Robert F. Smith

Brig.-Gen. Maurice Rose Col. John H. Collier Brig.-Gen. John H. Collier

Col. Isaac D. White Brig.-Gen. Isaac D. White Col. Sidney R. Hinds Brig-Gen. Sidney R. Hinds

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Armor 2nd Armored Brigade CO: Brig.-Gen. George S. Patton (Jr.) - 66th Armored Regiment (Light) - 67th Armored Regiment (Medium)

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- 68th Armored Regiment (Light) 66th Armored Regiment 67th Armored Regiment Field Artillery (FA) Headquarters & Headquarters Battery 14th Armored FA Battalion 78th Armored FA Battalion 92nd Armored FA Battalion Infantry 41st Armored Infantry Regiment Other troops Headquarters & Headquarters Company Hq & Hq Company, Division Trains

15.07.1940-07.01.1942 08.01.1942-end of war 08.01.1942-end of war

08.01.1942-end of war 15.07.1940-end of war 15.07.1940-end of war 08.01.1942-end of war

15.07.1940-end of war

15.07.1940-end of war 08.01.1942-end of war 08.01.1942-end of war 08.01.1942-end of war 15.07.1940-07.01.1942 08.01.1942-end of war 15.07.1940-end of war 15.07.1940-07.01.1942 15.07.1940-00.00.0000 08.01.1942-end of war 15.07.1940-07.01.1942 08.01.1942-end of war 15.07.1940-end of war 15.07.1940-07.01.1942 08.01.1942-end of war 15.07.1940-end of war 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Hq & Hq Company, Combat Command A (CCA) Hq & Hq Company, Combat Command B (CCB) 48th Signal Company 142nd Armored Signal Company 17th Armored Engineer Battalion 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion CO: Maj. Isaac D. White 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 17th Ordnance Battalion 2nd Ordnance Maintenance Battalion 48th Armored Medical Battalion 14th Armored Quartermaster Battalion Supply Battalion Service Company Military Police Platoon

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Antiaircraft Artillery (AAA)

195th AAA AW Battalion (SP) C & D Batteries, 129th AAA Gun Battalion (Mobile) A & B Batteries, 474th AAA AW Battalion (SP) Armored B Squad, 1st Fife & Forfar Yeo, 79th Armored Division (British) 40th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division Elements, 738th Tank Battalion (Mine Exploder) A Company, 739th Tank Battalion Cavalry 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 113th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 1st Platoon, 30th Reconnaissance Troop, 30th Infantry Division 4th Cavalry Group Engineer B Company, 327th Engineer Combat Battalion, 102nd Infantry Division B Company, 105th Engineer Combat Battalion, 30th Infantry Division Field Artillery (FA) 65th Armored FA Battalion

11.06.1944-end of war 25.07.1944-30.07.1944 28.07.1944-31.07.1944

15.11.1944-24.11.1944 & 25.12.194418.01.1945 23.11.1944-24.11.1944 12.01.1945-17.01.1945 27.02.1945-05.03.1945

25.07.1944-28.07.1944 06.08.1944-15.08.1944 07.08.1944-12.08.1944 23.12.1944-31.12.1944

16.11.1944-25.11.1944 02.04.1945-16.04.1945

03.07.1944-08.07.1944 & 13.07.194430.09.1944 & 05.10.1944-21.12.1944 & 05.02.1945-10.03.1945 & 27.03.194519.04.1945 25.07.1944-22.09.1944 & 06.10.194425.10.1944 06.08.1944-26.08.1944 & 03.10.194430.10.1944 25.10.1944-03.11.1944 30.10.1944-08.11.1944 04.11.1944-24.11.1944

62nd Armored FA Battalion 258th FA Battalion (155mm Gun) 70th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) 557th FA Battalion (155mm Gun) 83rd Armored FA Battalion

380th FA Battalion, 102nd Infantry Division (105mm Howitzer) 957th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 87th Armored FA Battalion 696th Armored FA Battalion 258th FA Group 113th FA Battalion, 30th Infantry Division (155mm Howitzer) 197th FA Battalion, 30th Infantry Division (105mm Howitzer) Infantry 22nd CT, 4th Infantry Division - 44th FA Battalion, 4th Infantry Division (105mm Howitzer) - 1st Platoon, C Company, 4th Engineer Combat Battalion, 4th Infantry Division 2nd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division 3rd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division 99th Infantry Battalion 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division 2nd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division 405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division 1st Battalion, 405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division (less 1st Battalion

17.11.1944-25.11.1944 22.12.1944-17.01.1945 22.12.1944-19.01.1945 06.02.1945-10.03.1945 & 26.03.194519.04.1945 26.02.1945-05.03.1945 02.04.1945-05.04.1945 02.04.1945-17.04.1945

21.07.1944-01.08.1944 21.07.1944-01.08.1944 21.07.1944-01.08.1944 02.08.1944-12.08.1944 & 11.11.194428.11.1944 03.08.1944-04.08.1944 09.08.1944-12.08.1944 11.08.1944-14.08.1944 15.08.1944-18.09.1944 04.10.1944-29.10.1944 08.10.1944-11.10.1944 26.10.1944-03.11.1944 03.11.1944-06.11.1944 06.11.1944-25.11.1944

1st Battalion, 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division 335th CT, 84th Infantry Division 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division 60th CT, 9th Infantry Division 2nd Battalion, 291st Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division 1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, 335th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division 335th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division 1st & 2nd Battalion, 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division 3rd Battalion, 333rd Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division - 908th FA Battalion, 83rd Infantry Division (105mm Howitzer) - C Company, 308th Engineer Combat Battalion 379th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division 337th Infantry Regiment, 95th Infantry Division 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division Tank Destroyer (TD) 702nd TD Battalion (SP) A Company, 814th TD Battalion

09.11.1944-25.11.1944 22.11.1944-24.11.1944 25.11.1944-03.12.1944 22.12.1944-23.12.1944 25.12.1944-28.12.1944 01.01.1945-10.01.1945 01.01.1945-11.01.1945 10.01.1945-17.01.1945 10.01.1945-17.01.1945 28.02.1945-01.03.1945 28.02.1945-01.03.1945 28.02.1945-01.03.1945 01.03.1945-04.03.1945 29.03.1945-02.04.1945 02.04.1945-17.04.1945

11.06.1944-21.09.1944 & 01.10.194407.02.1945 & 27.02.1945-end of war 23.11.1944-24.11.1944

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24.11 .1943

First Army

ETOUSA

27.11 .1943

VII Corps

First Army

08.02 .1944

XIX Corps

First Army

12.06 .1944

V Corps

First Army

18.07 .1944

VII Corps

First Army

02.08 .1944

XIX Corps

First Army

12th Army Group

07.08 .1944

VII Corps

First Army

12th Army Group

13.08 .1944

XIX Corps

First Army

12th Army Group

18.08 .1944

V Corps

First Army

12th Army Group

19.08 .1944

XIX Corps

First Army

12th Army Group

28.08 .1944

XV Corps

First Army

12th Army Group

29.08 .1944

XIX Corps

First Army

12th Army Group

22.10 .1944

XIX Corps

Ninth Army

12th Army Group

22.12 .1944

VII Corps

First Army

12th Army Group

21st Army Group (British)

18.01 .1945

VII Corps

First Army

12th Army Group

16.02 .1945

XIX Corps

Ninth Army

12th Army Group

21st Army Group (British)

04.04 .1945

XIX Corps

Ninth Army

12th Army Group

08.05 .1945

Ninth Army

12th Army Group

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1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment

101st Airborne Division 83rd Infantry Division XIX Corps 113th Cavalry Group 30th Infantry Division 7th Armored Group 4th Cavalry Group 4th Cavalry Group 30th Infantry Division 3rd Infantry Division 1153rd Engineer Combat Group 113th Cavalry Group 83rd Infantry Division 83rd Infantry Division

16.06.1944-28.06.1944

1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment CCA G Company, 66th Armored Regiment

28.06.1944-06.07.1944 28.07.1944-16.08.1944 22.09.1944-01.10.1944

3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment

12.10.1944-22.10.1944

A Company, 67th Armored Regiment 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 78th Armored FA Battalion 2nd Armored Divisional Artillery

18.12.1944-22.12.1944 19.01.1945-21.01.1945 19.01.1945-21.01.1945 07.02.1945-27.02.1945

CCB

26.02.1945-27.02.1945

E Company, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion

09.03.1945-31.03.1945

2nd Armored Divisional Artillery

11.03.1945-26.03.1945

CCR

14.04.1945-20.04.1945

3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment

19.04.1945-30.04.1945

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Tidworth St-Laurent-sur-Mer La Mine St-Paul-du-Vernay (vic NW) La Mine Le Dezert Pont Herbert (vic W) Notre-Dame-deCenilly (vic SW) Percy (vic S) Courson (vic N) Le Teilleul (1 Mi NE) Barenton (2 Mi W) Sees (1 mi S) Longny-au-Perche (vic W) Brezolles (vic N) Le Neubourg (3 mi S) Mantes-Gassicourt (4 mi W) Magny-en-Vexin (vic N) Beauvais (2 mi S) Peronne (vic NW) Rumes

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England France France France France France France France France France France France France France France France France France France France Belgium

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Archennes (vic W) Louvain (vic SE) Hasselt (4 mi W) Maastricht (2 mi NE) Schimmert Oirsbeek (1 mi SE) Nieuwenhagen Grotenrath Waubach Palenberg (1/2 mi E) Ubach (1 mi SE) Baesweiler (1/2 mi SE) Havelange (2 mi S) Mohiville (1 mi W) Leignon Mohiville (1 mi W) Weris Fisenne Erpigny Odeigne St-Jean (Farm) Florze Gulpen (1 mi W) Aachen (2 mi NW) Mersch Garzweiler Glehn Heide Krefeld (4 mi S) Schiefbahn Bruckhausen Altschermbeck

Brabant Brabant Limbourg Limburg Limburg Limburg Limburg Rhineland Limburg Rhineland Rhineland Rhineland Namur Namur Namur Namur Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Liege Limburg Rhineland Rhineland Rhineland Rhineland Rhineland Rhineland Rhineland Westphalia Westphalia

Belgium Belgium Belgium Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Germany Netherlands Germany Germany Germany Belgium Namur Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Netherlands Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany

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Hullern (1 mi E) Walstedde Stromberg Schloss Holte Lemgo Schwobber Elze Soder Hornburg Klein Wanzleben Gross Ottersleben Wolfenbuttel

Westphalia Westphalia Westphalia Westphalia Westphalia Hannover Hannover Hannover Hannover Hannover Hannover Hannover

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