3rd (US) Armored Division
Battle order: June-August 1944 – Battle of Normandy
– Commander: Major General Leroy H. Watson, replaced on 7 August 1944 by Brigadier General Maurice Rose
– Chief of Staff: Colonel John A. Smith
Headquarters Company
Service Company
Combat Command A: Brigadier General Doyle O. Hickey
Combat Command B: Brigadier General John J. Bohn, replaced on 15 July 1944 by Colonel Truman Everett Boudinot and then by Colonel William W. Cornog, Jr. (killed in Action on 9 August 1944)
36th Armored Infantry Regiment
32nd Armored Regiment: Lieutenant-Colonel Blanchard
– 1st Battalion: Lieutenant-Colonel Walter B. Richardson
33rd Armored Regiment
23rd Armored Engineer Battalion
83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
3rd Armored Division Artillery
– 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
– 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
– 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion
143rd Armored Signal Company
3rd Armored Division Trains
3rd Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
Supply Battalion
45th Armored Medical Battalion
Military Police Platoon
Task forces
Task Force X: Colonel Leander L. Doan
Task Force Y: Colonel Walter Richardson
Reinforcements
Anti-aircraft artillery
– 486th AAA AW Bn (SP), from June 25, 1944 to May 9, 1945
– 413th AAA Gun Bn (Mbl), from July 7 to 16, 1944
Field artillery
– 967th FA Bn (155 How), June 29 to 30, 1944
– 58th Armd FA Bn, from July 3rd to August 10th, 1944
– 963rd FA Bn (155 How), July 7-9, 1944
– 258th FA Bn (155 Gun), from July 8 to August 10, 1944
– 87th Armd FA Bn, from July 9 to August 28, 1944
– 258th FA Bn (155 Gun), August 10 to 14, 1944
– 991st FA Bn (155 Gun), from 12 August to 20 September 1944
– 60th FA Bn (9th Div) (105 How), August 13 to 15, 1944
– 58th Armd FA Bn, from August 18th to October 1st, 1944
Armor
– 113th Cav Gp, from July 8 to August 10, 1944
Infantery
– 1st Bn 60th Inf (9th Div), July 9-11, 1944
– 2nd Bn 60th Inf (9th Div), July 10-11, 1944
– 3rd Bn 60th Inf (9th Div), August 13 to 15, 1944
– 2nd & 3rd Bnth 60th Inf (9th Div), August 17-19, 1944
Anti-tank
– 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), June 25 to July 2, 1944
– 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), June 25 to December 17, 1944
Command posts
June 25, 1944: Les Oubeaux
July 9, 1944: La Fotelaie
July 9, 1944: Saint-Jean-de-Daye
July 17, 1944: Le Mesnil-Véneron
July 29, 1944: Carantilly
July 31, 1944: Hambye
August 4, 1944: Chérencey-le-Héron
August 9, 1944: Châtillon-sur-Colmont
August 13, 1944: Pré-en-Pail
August 15, 1944: Rânes
August 22, 1944: Favières
August 25, 1944: Mennecy
August 26, 1944: Quincy-sous-Sénart
August 27, 1944: Magny-le-Hongre
August 28, 1944: Lévignen
August 39, 1944: Soissons
August 30, 1944: Braye-en-Laonnois
August 31, 1944: Montcornet
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