Major General Leonard T. Gerow Clarence R. Huebner Colonel Orlando C. Mood , Chief of Staff
(Artillery Commander) Brigadier General Clift Andrus [ a] Brigadier General George A. Taylor Lieutenant Colonel Clarence E. Beck , Chief of Staff
16th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Frederick W. Gibb 18th Infantry Regiment (Colonel George Smith Jr. , Commanding)26th Infantry Regiment (Colonel John F. R. Seitz 1st Infantry Division Artillery
Colonel William E. Waters , Commanding
5th Field Artillery Battalion 7th Field Artillery Battalion 32nd Field Artillery Battalion 33rd Field Artillery Battalion
1st Engineer Combat Battalion 745th Tank Battalion 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion 103rd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion Major General Walter M. Robertson Colonel John H. Stokes Jr. , Assistant Division Commander
Colonel Ralph W. Zwicker
♦ 9th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Chester J. Hirschfelder (December 16, 1944 - January 10, 1945), Colonel Philip De Witt Ginder
♦ 23rd Infantry Regiment (Colonel Jay B. Lovless , Commanding)
♦ 38th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Francis H. Boos , Commanding)
2nd Infantry Divison Artillery
Brigadier General John H. Hinds
12th Field Artillery Battalion 15th Field Artillery Battalion 37th Field Artillery Battalion 38th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Engineer Combat Battalion 741st Tank Battalion 612th Tank Destroyer Battalion 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion 462nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion Major General Louis A. Craig Colonel Hammond D. Birks , Assistant Division Commander
Colonel William Westmoreland
39th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Van H. Bond , Commanding)47th Infantry Regiment (Colonel George W. Smythe , Commanding)60th Infantry Regiment (Colonel John G. Van Houten 9th Infantry Division Artillery
Brigadier General Reese M. Howell , Commanding
26th Field Artillery Battalion 34th Field Artillery Battalion 60th Field Artillery Battalion 84th Field Artillery Battalion
15th Engineer Combat Battalion 38th Cavalry Recon Squadron
746th Tank Battalion 376th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalions
413th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalions Major General Edwin P. Parker Jr. Brigadier General John K. Rice , Assistant Division Commander
Colonel Joseph A. Nichols , Chief of Staff
309th Infantry Regiment (Colonel John G. Ordnick , Commanding)
310th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Earl J. Miner , Commanding)
311th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Chester M. Willingham , Commanding)
78th Infantry Division Artillery
Brigadier General Frank Camm , Commanding
307th Field Artillery Battalion
308th Field Artillery Battalion
309th Field Artillery Battalion
903rd Field Artillery Battalion
303rd Engineer Combat Battalion
709th Tank Battalion 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion and893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion 552nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion Major General Walter E. Lauer Brigadier General Hugh T. Mayberry , Assistant Division Commander
Colonel Paul R. Davison (December 16, 1944 - January 18, 1945), Chief of Staff
Lieutenant Colonel Robert B. Warren (January 18, 1945 - January 25, 1945), Chief of Staff
♦ 393rd Infantry Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Jean D. Scott , Commanding)
♦ 394th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Don Riley , Commanding)
♦ 395th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Alexander J. Mackenzie , Commanding)
99th Infantry Division Artillery
Brigadier General Frederick H. Black , Commanding
370th Field Artillery Battalion
371st Field Artillery Battalion
372nd Field Artillery Battalion
924th Field Artillery Battalion
324th Engineer Combat Battalion
801st Tank Destroyer Battalion 535th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion Corps-level units
56th Signal Battalion
102nd Cavalry Group, Mechanized♦
38th and 102nd Cavalry Recon Squadrons (attached)
613th TD Battalion
186th, 196th, 200th, and 955th FA Battalions
254th Engineer Combat Battalion
187th FA Group (751st and 997th FA Battalions)
190th FA Group (62nd, 190th, 272nd, and 268th FA Battalions)
406th FA Group (76th, 941st, 953rd, and 987th FA Battalions)
1111th Engineer Combat Group (51st, 202nd, 291st , and 296th Engineer Combat Battalions)
1121st Engineer Combat Group (146th, 254th Engineer Combat Battalions)
1195th Engineer Combat Group
134th, 387th, 445th, 460th, 461st, 531st, 602nd, 639th, and 863rd AAA AW Battalions Major General J. Lawton Collins Colonel Richard C. Partridge , Chief of Staff
Brigadier General Williston B. Palmer Major General Ernest N. Harmon 41st Armored Infantry Regiment 66th and 67th Armored Regiments 14th , 78th , and 92nd Armored FA Battalions17th Armored Engineer Battalion 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
195th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
142nd Armored Signal Company 3rd Armored Division
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3rd Armored ("Spearhead") Division Major General Maurice Rose 36th Armored Infantry Regiment 32nd and 33rd Armored Regiments 54th, 67th, and 391st Armored FA Battalions
23rd Armored Engineer Battalion
83rd Armored Recon Squadron
643rd and 703rd TD Battalions486th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
143rd Armored Signal Company Major General Robert C. Macon Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh Colonel Samuel V. Krauthoff , Chief of Staff
329th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Edwin B. Crabill , Commanding)330th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Russell F. Walthour (December 16, 1944 - December 22, 1944), Colonel Robert T. Foster (December 22, 1944 - January 25, 1945), Commanding)
331st Infantry Regiment (Colonel Robert H. York William E. Long (December 21, 1944), Colonel Russell F. Walthour (December 22, 1944 - January 19, 1945), Commanding)
83rd Infantry Division Artillery
Brigadier General Robert M. Montague 322nd Field Artillery Battalion
323rd Field Artillery Battalion
324th Field Artillery Battalion
908th Field Artillery Battalion
308th Engineer Combat Battalion
453rd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
774th Tank Battalion
772nd Tank Destroyer Battalion Major General Alexander R. Bolling Brigadier General John H. Church Colonel Louis W. Truman
333rd Infantry Regiment (Colonel Timothy A. Pedley Jr. , Commanding)
334th Infantry Regiment (Colonel John Roomsa (December 16, 1944 - December 30, 1944), Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Hoy (December 30, 1944 - January 9, 1945), Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd H. Gomes (January 9, 1945 - January 25, 1945), Commanding)
335th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Hugh C. Parker , Commanding)
84th Infantry Division Artillery
Colonel Charles J. Barrett , Commanding
325th Field Artillery Battalion
326th Field Artillery Battalion
327th Field Artillery Battalion
909th Field Artillery Battalion
309th Engineer Combat Battalion
701st Tank Battalion
638th Tank Destroyer Battalion
557th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion VII Corps Level Units
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Corps-level units
4th Cavalry Group, Mechanized 29th Infantry Regiment Two French Light Infantry Battalions
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion 298th Engineer Combat Battalion
740th Tank Battalion
18th FA Group (188th, 666th, and 981st FA Battalions)
142nd FA Group (195th and 266th FA Battalions)
188th FA Group (172nd, 951st, and 980th FA Battalions)
342nd, 366th, 392nd♦, 1308th, and 1313th Engineer General Service Regiments
18th, 83rd, 87th, 183rd, 193rd, 957th, and 991st FA Battalions Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway as a lieutenant general Major General Matthew B. Ridgway [ b] Brigadier General Lemuel Mathewson ♦ Units that absorbed the initial German assault 16 Dec
7th Armored Division
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7th Armored ("Lucky Seventh") Division Brigadier General Robert W. Hasbrouck 23rd, 38th, and 48th Armored Infantry Battalions
17th, 31st, and 40th Tank Battalions
434th, 440th, and 489th Armored FA Battalions
33rd Armored Engineer Battalion
87th Cavalry Recon Squadron, Mech.
814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
820th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 25–30 December)
203rd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
147th Armored Signal Company Major General Leland S. Hobbs Brigadier General William K. Harrison Jr. Colonel Jesse L. Gibney , Chief of Staff
117th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Walter M. Johnson , Commanding)119th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Edwin M. Sutherland (December 16, 1944 - December 27, 1944), Colonel Russel P. Baker (December 27, 1944 - January 25, 1945), Commanding )120th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Branner P. Purdue , Commanding)30th Infantry Division Artillery
Brigadier General James M. Lewis , Commanding
113th Field Artillery Battalion 118th Field Artillery Battalion
197th Field Artillery Battalion
230th Field Artillery Battalion
105th Engineer Combat Battalion
743rd Tank Battalion 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (attached)
110th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
431st AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
448th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion Major General Fay B. Prickett
Major General Ray E. Porter Brigadier General Gerald St. Claire Mickle , Assistant Division Commander
Colonel Herbert B. Powell
289th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Douglas B. Smith , Commanding)
290th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Carl F. Duffner , Commanding)
291st Infantry Regiment (Colonel Harry S. Robertson , Commanding)
75th Infantry Division Artillery
Brigadier General Albert C. Stanford , Commanding (December 16, 1944 - January 24, 1945)
Colonel Charles L. Dasher Jr. , Commanding (January 25, 1945)
730th Field Artillery Battalion
897th Field Artillery Battalion
898th Field Artillery Battalion
899th Field Artillery Battalion
275th Engineer Combat Battalion
750th Tank Battalion
629th Tank Destroyer Battalion
772nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
440th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion Major General James M. Gavin Colonel Ira P. Swift Colonel Robert H. Wienecke , Chief of Staff
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Colonel Reuben H. Tucker 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Colonel William E. Ekman , Commanding)507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Colonel Edson Raff 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Colonel Roy E. Lindquist 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (Colonel Charles Billingslea 82nd Airborne Division Artillery
Brigadier General Francis A. March , Commanding
320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion
80th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion 740th Tank Battalion (attached 30 December – 11 January)
628th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 2–11 January)643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 4–5 January) Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe [ c]
Major General Maxwell Taylor Brigadier General Gerald J. Higgins Lieutenant Colonel Ned D. Moore (December 16, 1944 - December 28, 1944), Chief of Staff
Colonel John H. Michaelis Lieutenant Colonel Harry Kinnard
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (Colonel Julian Ewell Robert A. Ballard (Janaury 9, 1945 - January 25, 1945), Commanding)502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Colonel Steve A. Chappuis , Commanding)506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Colonel Robert Sink 327th Glider Infantry Regiment (Colonel Joseph H. Harper 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry 101st Airborne Division Artillery
Colonel Thomas L. Sherburne (December 5, 1944 - December 27, 1944), Commanding
Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe
321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
326th Parachute Engineer Battalion
705th Tank Destroyer Battalion 81st Airborne AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion Major General Alan W. Jones
Brigadier General Herbert T. Perrin [ d] Colonel William C. Baker , Chief of Staff
♦ 422nd Infantry Regiment (Captured) (Colonel George L. Descheneux , Commanding)
♦ 423rd Infantry Regiment (Captured) (Colonel Charles Cavender , Commanding)[ e]
♦ 424th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Alexander D. Reid (December 16, 1944 - January 15, 1945), Lieutenant Colonel Orville M. Hewitt (January 15, 1945 - January 19, 1945), Colonel John R. Jeter (January 20, 1945 - January 25, 1945), Commanding)
106th Infantry Division Artillery
Brigadier General Leo T. McMahon , Commanding
589th Field Artillery Battalion
590th Field Artillery Battalion
591st Field Artillery Battalion
592nd Field Artillery Battalion
81st Engineer Combat Battalion
820th Tank Destroyer Battalion
634th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (8–18 December)
440th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (8 December – 4 January)
563rd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (9–18 December) XVIII Airborne Corps Level Assets
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Corps-level units
14th Cavalry Group , Mechanized♦254th, 275th, 400th, and 460th FA Battalions
79th FA Group (153rd, 551st, and 552nd FA Battalions)
179th FA Group (259th and 965th FA Battalions)
211th FA Group (240th and 264th FA Battalions)
401st FA Group (187th and 809th FA Battalions) Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Lieutenant General George S. Patton
109th, 115th, 217th, and 777th AA Gun Battalions
456th, 465th, 550th, and 565th AAA AW Battalions
280th ECB - Engineer Combat Battalion - Non Divisional Unit (later assigned to the 9th Army )
Major General John Millikin
Corps-level units
6th Cavalry Group, Mechanized 179th, 274th, 776th, and 777th FA Battalions
193rd FA Group (177th, 253rd, 696th, 776th, and 949th FA Battalions)
203rd FA Group (278th, 742nd, 762nd FA Battalions)
183rd and 243rd Engineer Combat Battalions
1137th Engineer Combat Group (145th, 188th, and 249th Engineer Combat Battalions )
467th and 468th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalions
4th Armored Division Major General Hugh J. Gaffey 8th, 35th , and 37th Tank Battalions [ f]
10th, 51st , and 53rd Armored Infantry Battalions
22nd , 66th, and 94th Armored FA Battalions 24th Armored Engineer Battalion
25th Cavalry Recon Squadron, Mech.
704th Tank Destroyer Battalion
489th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
144th Armored Signal Company 6th Armored ("Super Sixth") Division Major General Robert W. Grow 15th, 68th , and 69th Tank Battalions
9th, 44th, and 50th Armored Infantry Battalions
128th, 212th, and 231st Armored FA Battalions
86th Cavalry Recon Squadron, Mech. 25th Armored Engineer Battalion
691st Tank Destroyer Battalion
777th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
145th Armored Signal Company
26th Infantry ("Yankee") Division Major General Willard S. Paul 101st, 104th , and 328th Infantry Regiments
101st , 102nd , 180th, and 263rd FA Battalions101st Engineer Combat Battalion 735th Tank Battalion 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion 390th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 35th Infantry ("Santa Fe") Division Major General Paul W. Baade 134th, 137th, and 320th Infantry Regiments
127th, 161st, 216th, and 219th FA Battalions
60th Engineer Combat Battalion
654th Tank Destroyer Battalion
448th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 90th Infantry ("Tough 'Ombres") Division Major General James A. Van Fleet 357th, 358th, and 359th Infantry Regiments
343rd, 344th, 345th, and 915th FA Battalions
315th Engineer Combat Battalion
773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion 774th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 21 December – 6 January)
537th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton during the Ardennes Counteroffensive Major General Troy H. Middleton Units that absorbed the initial German assault 16 Dec
Corps-level units
687th FA Battalion
174th FA Group (965th, 969th , and 700th FA Battalions)
333rd FA Group (333rd and 771st FA Battalions)
402nd FA Group (559th, 561st, and 740th FA Battalions)
422nd FA Group (81st and 174th FA Battalions)
178th and 249th Engineer Combat Battalions
1102nd Engineer Group (341st Engineer General Service Regiment )
1107th Engineer Combat Group (159th , 168th , and 202nd Engineer Combat Battalions )
1128th Engineer Combat Group (35th, 44th, and 202nd Engineer Combat Battalions)
French Light Infantry (six Light Infantry Battalions from Metz region)
467th, 635th, 778th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalions
9th Armored ("Phantom") Division Major General John W. Leonard 2nd, 14th, and 19th Tank Battalions
27th, 52nd , and 60th Armored Infantry Battalions
3rd, 16th , and 73rd Armored FA Battalions
9th Armored Engineer Battalion 89th Cavalry Recon. Squadron, Mech.
9th Armored Engineer Battalion
482nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (detached 9 January 1945)
149th Armored Signal Company 11th Armored ("Thunderbolt") Division Brigadier General Charles S. Kilburn 22nd, 41st, and 42nd Tank Battalions
21st, 55th , and 63rd Armored Infantry Battalions
490th, 491st, and 492nd Armored FA Battalions
56th Armored Engineer Battalion
41st Cavalry Recon. Squadron, Mech.
602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 575th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
151st Armored Signal Company
17th Airborne ("Golden Talons") Division Major General William M. Miley 507th and 513th Parachute Infantry Regiments 193rd and 194th Glider Infantry Regiments
680th and 681st Glider FA Battalions
466th Parachute FA Battalion
139th Airborne Engineer Battalion
155th Airborne AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 28th Infantry ("Keystone") Division Major General Norman D. Cota 109th♦, 110th♦, and 112th♦ Infantry Regiments
107th, 108th, 109th, and 229th FA Battalions
103rd Engineer Combat Battalion 707th Tank Battalion 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
630th Tank Destroyer Battalion
447th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 87th Infantry ("Golden Acorn") Division Brigadier General Frank L. Culin Jr. 345th, 346th, and 347th Infantry Regiments
334th, 335th, 336th, 912th FA Battalions
312th Engineer Combat Battalion
761st Tank Battalion 549th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
610th Tank Destroyer Battalion (14–22 December)
691st Tank Destroyer Battalion (22–24 December and 8–26 January)
704th Tank Destroyer Battalion (17–19 December)
Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy Major General Manton S. Eddy Units that absorbed the initial German assault 16 Dec
Corps-level units
2nd Cavalry Group, Mechanized 161st, 244th, 277th, 334th, 336th, and 736th FA Battalions
177th FA group 215th, 255th, and 775th FA Battalions
182nd FA group 802nd, 945th, and 974th FA Battalions
183rd FA group 695th and 776th FA Battalions
404th FA group 273rd, 512th, and 752nd FA Battalions
1303rd Engineer Service Regiment 452nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion [colored]
457th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
4th Infantry ("Ivy") Division Major General Raymond O. Barton 8th ♦, 12th ♦, and 22nd Infantry Regiments20th , 29th , 42nd , and 44th FA Battalions4th Engineer Combat Battalion 70th Tank Battalion 802nd and 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalions
377th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalions 5th Infantry ("Red Diamond") Division Major General Stafford L. Irwin 2nd , 10th , and 11th Infantry Regiments19th, 21st, 46th, and 50th FA Battalions
7th Engineer Combat Battalion 737th Tank Battalion
654th Tank Destroyer Battalion (22–25 December)
803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (from 25 December)
807th Tank Destroyer Battalion (17–21 December)
818th Tank Destroyer Battalion (13 July – 20 December)
449th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
10th Armored ("Tiger") Division Major General William H. H. Morris Jr. 3rd, 11th , and 21st Tank Battalions
20th, 54th , and 61st Armored Infantry Battalions
419th, 420th, and 423rd Armored FA Battalions
609th Tank Destroyer Battalion
55th Armored Engineer Battalion
90th Cavalry Recon Squadron, Mech.
796th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
150th Armored Signal Company 80th Infantry ("Blue Ridge") Division Major General Horace L. McBride 317th , 318th, and 319th Infantry Regiments313th, 314th, 315th, and 905th FA Battalions
305th Engineer Combat Battalion
702nd Tank Battalion
610th Tank Destroyer Battalion (23 November – 6 December and 21 December – 28 January)
808th Tank Destroyer Battalion (25 September – 21 December)633rd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
US Strategic Air Forces in Europe
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General Carl Spaatz
US Eighth Air Force (Strategic)Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle
US Ninth Air Force (Tactical)Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg IX Bombardment Division (Maj. Gen. Samuel E. Anderson )IX Troop Carrier Command (Maj. Gen. Paul L. Williams )IX Tactical Air Command (Maj. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada )
Supporting First Army XIX Tactical Air Command (Maj. Gen. Otto P. Weyland )
Supporting Third Army XXIX Tactical Air Command (Brig. Gen. Richard E. Nugent )
Supporting Ninth Army Bomber Command Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris Fighter Command Air Marshal Sir Roderic M. Hill Second Tactical Air Force Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham
No. 2 Group RAF No. 83 Group RAF No. 84 Group RAF
^ After the war, served as commandant of the former Palace Hotel (called "Camp Ashcan ") in the Luxembourg town of Mondorf-les-Bains where high-level German prisoners were kept in the months leading up the Nuremberg Trials .
^ In England when the German assault began; during the Korean War , provided vigorous leadership to the US Eighth Army , followed by a term as Chief of Staff of the Army .
^ Regular CO Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor was in the United States and his deputy, Brig. Gen. Gerald J. Higgins, was in England; McAuliffe was the divisional artillery commander. [Beevor, p. 154]
^ Prior to December 22, 1944, General Perrin served as the Assistant Division Commander.
^ Private Kurt Vonnegut , later a noted author, was captured while serving in this unit. [Beevor, p. 186]
^ The 37th Tank Bttn. was commanded by Lt. Col. Creighton W. Abrams , later commander of all US forces in Vietnam. [Beevor, p. 268]
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