American military personnel biographies

Battle of Normandy

 

Land forces
Name
Rank
Role during the Battle of Normandy
Norman CotaGeneralSecond in command of the 29th Infantry Division
Raymond O. BartonMajor GeneralCommander of the 4th Infantry Division
Omar BradleyGeneralCommander of the 1st Army
Dwight EisenhowerGeneralSupreme Allied Commander
Clarence R. HuebnerMajor GeneralCommander of the 1st Infantry Division
George S. PattonGeneralCommander of the 3rd Army
Thomas M. RiceStaff SergeantSquad leader, C Co, 501st PIR, 101st Airborne Division
Matthew B. RidgwayMajor GeneralCommander of the 82nd Airborne Division
Walter M. RobertsonMajor GeneralCommander of the 2nd Infantry Division
Maxwell D. TaylorMajor GeneralCommander of the 101st Airborne Division
Air forces
Name
Rank
Role during the Battle of Normandy
James DoolittleLieutenant GeneralCommander of the 8th Air Force
Lewis H. BreretonLieutenant GeneralCommander of the 9th Air Force
Hoyt VandenbergGeneralCommander-in-Chief of the US Air Force
Paul L. WilliamsMajor GeneralCommander of the 9th Troop Carrier Command
Naval forces
Name
Rank
Role during the Battle of Normandy
Alan G. KirkAdmiralCommander of the Western Task Force

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