D-DAY - UNITS

2nd Infantry Division (Omaha Beach)

   
Leonard T. Gerow

Walter M. Robertson
   
 
In September 1943 the division received their staging orders, and moved to the Camp Shanks staging area at Orangeburg, New York on 3 October 1943, where they received Port Call orders. On 8 October the division officially sailed from the New York Port of Embarkation, and started arriving in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 17 October. They then moved over to England, where they trained and staged for forward movement to France.
After training in Northern Ireland and Wales from October 1943 to June 1944, the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the channel to land on Omaha Beach on D plus 1 (7 June 1944) near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.
 
      
 
Commanding General: Major General Walter M. Robertson  [view folder]
Assistant Commanding: Brigadier General Thomas L. Martin  [view folder]
Adjutant General: Lt. Colonel Morris Braveman  [view folder]
Chief of Staff: Colonel John H. Stokes, Jr  [view folder]
G-1: Major Arthur M. Sherwood, III  [view folder]
G-2: Lt. Colonel Donald P. Christensen  [view folder]
G-3: Lt. Colonel John H. Chiles  [view folder]
G-4: Lt. Colonel Homer S. Reese  [view folder]
G-5: Lt. Colonel Ellis O. Keller  [view folder]
Chaplain:
Surgeon:
 
  9th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Chester J. Hirshfelder  [view folder]
      Hq Company:
    1st Battalion: Lt. Colonel H. K. Wesson  [view folder]
      Hq Company:
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      D Company:
    2nd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Walter M. Higgins, Jr  [view folder]
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    3rd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Paul V. Tuttle  [view folder]
      Hq Company:
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  23rd Infantry Regiment: Colonel Hurley E. Fuller  [view folder]
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    1st Battalion: Lt. Colonel William Humphries  [view folder]
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    2nd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Raymond B. Marlin  [view folder]
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    3rd Battalion: Lt. Colonel John B. Naser  [view folder]
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  38th Infantry Regiment: Colonel Walter A. Elliott  [view folder]
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    1st Battalion: Lt. Colonel Frank T. Mildren  [view folder]
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    2nd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Jack K. Norris  [view folder]
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    3rd Battalion: Lt. Colonel Malcom R. Stotts  [view folder]
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  2nd Engineer Combat Bn.:
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  2nd Medical Bn.:
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  2nd Division Artillery:
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  2nd Military Police Pl.:
   
  2nd Signal Company:
   
  2nd Reconnaissance Troop: