APPENDIX II

ORDER OF BATTLE
U.S. FORCES IN HURTGEN OPERATIONS

Of the Corps assigned to the First United States Army during operations in the HURTGEN FOREST the V and VII Corps bore the brunt of the fighting. The VIII Corps and at one time the XIX Corps were also part of the First-Army, but were on the south and north flanks respectively of the HURTGEN area. The frequent changes of divisions between the Corps warrants the inclusion of separate line-ups indicating these changes for the entire period under consideration.

The relative positions of the Corps listed were from north to south: the XIX, VII, V, and VIII Corps. On 22-23 October 1944, XIX Corps passed from First Army control to the Ninth Army on the north, while VIII Corps on the south passed from Third to First Army; the First Army remained at three Corps strength.

27 September 1944
XIX Corps	VII Corps	V Corps
29th Inf Div	1st Inf Div	4th Inf Div
30th Inf Div	9th Inf Div	28th Inf Div
2nd Armored Div	3rd Armored Div	5th Armored Div
7th Armored Div

Except for the 29th Infantry Division and the 7th Armored Division which began to arrive in the First Army area on 26 September the order of battle indicated above was the same as that with which the Army had operated for most of the month of September.

11 October 1944
XIX Corps	VII Corps	V Corps
29th Inf Div	1st Inf Div	4th Inf Div
30th Inf Div	9th Inf Div	28th Inf Div
2nd Armored Div	3rd Armored Div	5th Armored Div

22 October 1944
VII Corps	V Corps	VIII Corps
1t Inf Div	4th Inf Div	2nd Inf Div
9th Inf Div	28th Inf Div	8th Inf Div
3rd Armored Div	5th Armored Div	83rd Inf Div
4th Cav Gp	102 Cav Gp	9th Armored Div

27 October 1944
VII Corps	V Corps	VIII Corps
1t Inf Div	4th Inf Div	2nd Inf Div
3rd Armored Div	9th Inf Div (- 47 RCT)	8th Inf Div
47th RCT	28th Inf Div	83rd Inf Div
	5th Armored Div	9th Armored Div

10 November 1944
XII Corps	V Corps	VIII Corps
1t Inf Div	9th Inf Div (- 47 RCT)	2nd Inf Div
4th Inf Div	* 28th Inf Div	* 8th Inf Div
104th Inf Div	99th Inf Div	83rd Inf Div
47th RCT (atchd 1st Div)	5th Armored Div (- CCR)	9th Armored Div
3rd Armored Div	102nd Cav Gp	14th Cav Gp
CCR 5th Armored Div
4th Cav Gp

15 December 1944
VII Corps	V Corps	VIII Corps
1t Inf Div (res)	2nd Inf Div	4th Inf Div
9th Inf Div	8th Inf Div	28th Inf Div
83rd Inf Div	78th Inf Div	106th Inf Div
104th Inf Div	99th Inf Div	9th Armd Div (- CCB)
3rd Armored Div (res)	CCR 5th Armored Div (res)
5th Armored Div (- CCR res)	CCB 9th Armd Div (res)
4th Cav Gp	102nd Cav Gp

 

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