4ème division blindée américaine
4th (US) Armored Division
Order of battle – June-August 1944 – Battle of Normandy
Headquarters
Commander: Major General John Shirley Wood
Chief of Staff: Colonel Walter A. Bigby, replaced on August 2nd, 1944, by Lieutenant-Colonel David A Watt
Headquarters Company
Reserve Command
Combat and combat support unit
Combat Command A: Brigadier General B. C. Clarke
Combat Command B: Brigadier General Holmes E. Dager
8th Tank Battalion
35th Tank Battalion
37th Tank Battalion
10th Armored Infantry Battalion
51st Armored Infantry Battalion
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecz)
24th Armored Engineer Battalion
4th Armored Division Artillery
– 22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
– 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
– 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Combat service units
144th Armored Signal Company
4th Armored Division Trains
126th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
4th Armored Medical Battalion
Military Police Platoon
Band
Reinforcements
Anti-aircraft artillery
– 489th AAA AW Battalion (SP), from June 19th, 1944 to May 19th, 1945
Field artillery
– 28th FA Battalion (8th Div) (155 How), from July 27th to August 3rd, 1944
– 177th FA Battalion (155 How), from August 3rd to October 6th, 1944
– 696th Armored FA Battalion, from August 3rd to 4th, 1944
– 5th FA Gp, from August 7th to 16th, 1944
– 695th Armored FA Battalion, from August 7th to 16th, 1944
– 219th FA Battalion (35th Div) (105 How), from August 20th to 24th, 1944
– 177th FA Gp, from August 20th to October 15th, 1944
– 191st FA Battalion (155 How), from August 20th to October 21st, 1944
– 253rd Armd FA Battalion, from August 22nd to October 7th, 1944
– 179th FA Battalion (155 How), from August 23rd to December 17th, 1944
Engineer
– 995th Engr Treadway Br Company, from August 15th, 1944 to April 11th, 1945
Infantry
– 13th Infantry Regiment (8th Infantry Division), from July 27th to August 3rd, 1944
– 137th Infantry Regiment (35th Infantry Division), from August 20th to 24th, 1944
Command posts
July 8, 1944: Dorchester, England
July 13, 1944: Mesnil-Saint-Martin
July 18, 1944: Méautis
July 30, 1944: Coutances
July 31, 1944: Cérences
August 2, 1944: Saint-Aubin
August 5, 1944: Bain-de-Bretagne
August 6, 1944: Cosqueric
August 8, 1944: Treffléan
August 10, 1944: Vannes
August 14, 1944: Pouance
August 15, 1944: Sainte-Cérotte
August 16, 1944: Ambloy
August 20, 1944: Lierville
August 21, 1944: Corbeilles
August 22, 1944: Courteney
August 26, 1944: Villeneuve l’Archevêque
August 27, 1944: Dierrey Saint-Pierre
August 28, 1944: Vailly
August 31, 1944: Wassy
