Order of Battle, 82nd Airborne Division - Special Forces in World War 2

Order of Battle

Unit

Normandy, June 1944, 82^nd Airborne Division

Divisional Headquarters, Major General Matthew Bunker Ridgway
505^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel William E. Ekman
- 1^st Battalion, 505^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Major Frederick C.A. Kellam (killed in action on June 6^th, 1944, replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Mark Alexander)
- 2^nd Battalion, 505^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Vandervoort
- 3^rd Battalion, 505^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Krause
507^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel George V. Millet (Prisoner of War on June 8^th, 1944, replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Arthur A. Maloney)
- 1^st Battalion, 507^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin J. Ostberg
- 2^nd Battalion, 507^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Timmes
- 3^rd Battalion, 507^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur A. Maloney
508^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel Roy E. Lindquist
- 1^st Battalion, 508^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Batcheller (killed in action on June 6th, 1944)
  Major Shields Warren
- 2^nd Battalion, 508^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J.B. Shanley
- 3^rd Battalion, 508^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Louis G. Mendez
325^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Colonel Harry L. Lewis
- 1^st Battalion, 325^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Klemm R. Boyd (Wounded in Action, June 7^th, 1944 replaced by Major Teddy H. Sanford)
- 2^nd Battalion, 325^thGlider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel John H. “Swede” Swenson (Wounded in Action, June 11^th, 1944)
- 2^nd Battalion, 401^st Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Carrell
Divisional Artillery
- 319^th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel James C. Todd
- 320^th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Paul E. Wright
- 376^th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur N. Griffith
- 456^th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Wagner J. d’Alessio
- 80^th Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond E. Singleton
307^th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Palmer (Prisoner of War, June 6^th, 1944, replaced by Major Edwin A. Bedell)
307^th Airborne Medical Company, Major William H. Houston (Killed in Action, June 6^th, 1944, replaced by Major Jerry J. Belden)
407^th Airborne Quartermaster Company, Captain Samuel H. Mays
782^nd Airborne Ordinance Maintenance Company, Captain Jeff Davis, Jr
82^nd Airborne Headquarters Company, Captain George J. Claussen
82^nd Airborne Signal Company, Lieutenant Robert B. Nerf
82^nd Airborne Reconnaissance Platoon, Lieutenant Joseph V. Demasi
82^nd Airborne Military Police, Major Frederick G. McCollum
82^nd Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company, Captain James E. Griffin

Arnhem, September 1944, 82^nd Airborne Division

Divisional Headquarters, Brigadier General James M. Gavin

504^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel Reuben H. Tucker
- 1^st Battalion, 504^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Berry
- 2^ndBattalion, 504^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Willems
- 3^rd Battalion, 504^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Julian Cook
505^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel William E. Ekman
- 1^stBattalion, 505^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Major Talton Long
- 2^nd Battalion, 505^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort
- 3^rd Battalion, 505^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Major James, Lieutenant Colonel Ed Krause
508^thParachute Infantry Regiment – Colonel Roy E. Lindquist
- 1^st Battalion, 508^thParachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Shields Warren
- 2^nd Battalion, 508^thParachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Shanley, Major Otho Holmes
- 3^rd Battalion, 508^thParachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Louis G. Mendez, Jr.
325^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Colonel Charles Billingslea
- 1^st Battalion, 325^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel R. Klemm Boyd, Lieutenant Colonel Teddy Sanford
- 2^nd Battalion, 325^th Glider Infantry Regiment, Major Charles T. Major
- 2^nd Battalion, 401^st Glider Infantry Regiment, Major Osmund A. Leahy
Divisional Artillery, Colonel Francis A. March
- 319^th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel J. Carter Todd
- 320^thGlider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Wright
- 376^th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur Griffith
- 456^th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Wagner d’Allessio
- 80^th Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Singleton
307^th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Bedell
307^th Airborne Medical Company, Major Jerry J. Belden
82^nd Airborne Signal Company, Lieutenant Colonel J. Mohrmann
82^nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
782^nd Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company
407^th Airborne Quartermaster Company