Appendix D

Appendix D

SHIPMENT OF DIVISIONS OVERSEAS-JANUARY 1942-30 SEPTEMBER 1944

There is a vast amount of detailed information on the shipment of divisions overseas in World War II, but a simple table with precise dates and brief explanatory notes for the main phases in the movement of divisions overseas during this period has not been found in Department of the Army files. The sources of information on which the following table and the accompanying notes were based are scattered in diverse Army files and publications. Further detailed information can be secured by consulting official division records now located at the Field Records Division, Kansas City Records Center, Kansas City, Missouri.

The most useful sources consulted were: (I) division headquarters history data cards of the Organization and Directory Section, Operations Branch, Adjutant General's Office; (2) "Combat Chronicle, An Outline History of U.S. Army Divisions," prepared by Order of Battle Section, OCMH: (3) MS, "Order of Battle in the Pacific," prepared by Order of Battle Section, OCMH, for the U.S. ARMY IN WORLD WAR II series: (4) "Order of Battle of the U.S. Army, World War II, European Theater of Operations," prepared by the Theater Historian (Paris, 1945); (5) Strategic Plans Unit Study 4; and (6) division histories published by division associations. It was necessary to rely most heavily on the history data cards maintained by The Adjutant General's Office. These history data cards were compiled during the war from whatever sources were available water transportation reports, strength reports, station lists, postal reports, and AG letters and are therefore not entirely accurate. The discrepancies, however, are minor and the margin for error usually falls within a 1-3 day spread.

There are a number of explanations for the discrepancies: scheduled departures might be changed or delayed; availability of shipping might send units of the division in different convoys; time of arrival of a ship might be reported as a different day from that of debarkation of the troops; and ships arriving at one harbor might be diverted to another harbor for unloading. The time factor might also account for differences of one day, depending on the use of the Washington or the local overseas date, or on the hour before or after midnight.

The dates given in this table represent the closest possible adjustment of the conflicting data found in the records and are reliable within a very small margin of error.

In the study of the phases of movement of those divisions shipped overseas during this period, it appeared that, unless the movement was made on a ship the size of the Queen Mary or Queen

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Elizabeth a division's movement would usually be divided into shipments of an advance detachment, followed at a later date by the division headquarters and the main body of troops, and frequently by a rear echelon movement of units held in port of embarkation backlog. if the destination was in a combat area, a regimental combat team would often comprise the first echelon of a divisional movement. In the light of piecemeal movements of the elements of a division, it was found most practicable in establishing dates to chart the movement of the division headquarters. The procedure was also followed in determining the location of the division as of 30 September 1944. These dates and locations do not necessarily coincide with the movement or position of other elements of the divisions. For a more detailed consideration of the movement of the divisions and their elements during 1942, the reader is referred to Matloff and Snell, Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare, 1941-42, Appendix F.

In regard to campaign credits, only the divisional credits are listed, although in many cases individual divisional units were given campaign credits not accorded the division as a whole.

Appendix D-1

SHIPMENT OF DIVISIONS

Year Division a	Date of Sailing a	Port of Embarkation a	Initial Destination a	Date of Arrival Overseas a	Completion of Overseas Movements b
1942
Philippine	(c)
24th	(d)
25th	(d)
34th	15 Jan 42	New York	U.K.	26 Jan 42	May 42
Americal	(e)
27th	10 Mar 42	San Francisco	Hawaii	15 Mar 42	Apr 42
41st	19 Mar 42	San Francisco	Australia	7 Apr 42	May 42
32d	22 Apr 42	San Francisco	Australia	14 May 42	May 42
5th	30 Apr 42	New York	Iceland	11 May 42	May 42
1st Armd	11 May 42	New York	U.K.	16 May 42	Jun 42
37th	26 May 42	San Francisco	Fiji Islands	10 Jun 42	Sep 42
1st	2 Aug 42	New York	U.K.	7 Aug 42	Aug 42
40th	23 Aug 42	San Francisco	Hawaii	1 Sep 42	Oct 42
43d	1 Oct 42	San Francisco .	New Zealand	23 Oct 42	Oct 42
29th	5 Oct 42	New York	U.K.	11 Oct 42	Oct 42
3d	24 Oct 42	Hampton Roads	North Africa	8 Nov 42	Jan 43
2d Armd	12 Dec 42	New York	North Africa	25 Dec 42	Dec 42
9th	12 Dec 42	New York	North Africa	25 Dec 42	Jan 43
1943
36th	1 Apr 43	New York	North Africa	13 Apr 43	Apr 43
7th	24 Apr 43	San Francisco	Alaska	30 Apr 43	Jul 43
82d AB	28 Apr 43	New York	North Africa	10May43	May 43
45th	8 Jun 43	Hampton Roads	North Africa	22 Jun 43	Aug 43
1st Cav	26 Jun 43	San Francisco	Australia	11 Jul 43	Jul 43
33d	7 Jul 43	San Francisco	Hawaii	12 Jul 43	Jul 43

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Appendix D-1

SHIPMENT OF DIVISIONS (continued)

Year Division a	Date of Sailing a	Port of Embarkation a	Initial Destination a	Date of Arrival Overseas a	Completion of Overseas Movements b
6th	21 Jul 43	San Francisco	Hawaii	29 Jul 43	Oct 43
3d Armd	5 Sep 43	New York	U. K.	18 Sep 43	Oct 43
101st AB	5 Sep 43	New York	U. K.	15 Sep 43	Oct 43
2d	8 Oct 43	New York	U. K.	18 Oct 43	Oct 43
28th	8 Oct 43	Boston	U. K.	18 Oct 43	Oct 43
8th	5 Dec 43	New York	U. K.	15 Dec 43	Dec 43
88th	6 Dec 43	Hampton Roads	North Africa	15 Dec 43	Jan 44
85th	24 Dec 43	Hampton Roads	North Africa	2 Jan 44	Jan 44
4th Armd	30 Dec 43	Boston	U. K.	11 Jan 44	Jan 44
38th	31 Dec 43	New Orleans	Hawaii	17 Jan 44	Feb 44
1944
93d	11 Jan 44	San Francisco	Guadalcanal	29 Jan 44	Mar 44
4th	18 Jan 44	New York	U. K	29 Jan 44	Feb 44
2d Cav	4 Feb 44	Hampton Roads	North Africa	28 Feb 44	Mar 44
30th	11 Feb 44	Boston	U. K.	23 Feb 44	Feb 44
5th Armd	11 Feb 44	New York	U. K.	23 Feb 44	Feb 44
6th Armd	11 Feb 44	New York	U. K.	23 Feb 44	Feb 44
31st	13 Mar 44	Hampton Roads	New Guinea	24 Apr 44	Apr 44
90th	23 Mar 44	New York	U. K.	4 Apr 44	Apr 44
77th	24 Mar 44	San Francisco	Hawaii	30 Mar 44	Apr 44
91st	3 Apr 44	Hampton Roads	North Africa	21 Apr 44	May 44
83d	6 Apr 44	New York	U. K.	16 Apr 44	Apr 44
79th	6 Apr 44	Boston	U. K.	18 Apr 44	Apr 44
98th	13 Apr 44	Seattle	Hawaii	19 Apr 44	May 44
11th AB	8 May 44	San Francisco	New Guinea	29 May 44	Jun 44
35th	11 May 44	New York	U. K.	27 May 44	May 44
7th Armd	6 Jun 44	New York	U. K.	14 Jun 44	Jun 44
80th	1 Jul 44	New York	U. K.	7 Jul 44	Jul 44
81st	3 Jul 44	San Francisco	Hawaii	8 Jul 44	Jul 44
96th	23 Jul 44	San Francisco	Hawaii	28 Jul 44	Aug 44
94th	6 Aug 44	New York	U. K.	11 Aug 44	Aug 44
95th	10 Aug 44	Boston	U. K.	17 Aug 44	Aug 44
17th AB	17 Aug 44	Boston	U. K.	25 Aug 44	Aug 44
9th Armd	18 Aug 44	New York	U. K.	1 Sep 44	Aug 44
26th	27 Aug 44	New York	France	7 Sep 44	Sep 44
104th	27 Aug 44	New York	France	7 Sep 44	Sep 44
44th	5 Sep 44	Boston	France	15 Sep 44	Sep 44
102d	12 Sep 44	New York	France	23 Sep 44	Sep 44
10th Armd	13 Sep 44	New York	France	23 Sep 44	Sep 44
12th Armd	20 Sep 44	New York	U. K.	2 Oct 44	Oct 44
84th	20 Sep 44	New York	U. K.	1 Oct 44	Oct 44
92d	22 Sep 44	Hampton Roads	Italy	16 Oct 44	Nov 44
11th Armd	29 Sep 44	New York		11 Oct 44	Oct 44
99th	29 Sep 44	Boston	U. K.	11 Oct 44	Oct 44

a The dates and destinations, except where otherwise noted, refer to division headquarters. Subsequent movements are not shown.

b The dating is that given for "Completed Overseas Movement" in the chart, "Estimated Status of Divisions" as of 30 November 1945, as prepared by the Logistics Group, OPD.

c Activated in Philippines.

d Activated in Hawaii.

e Organized and constituted in New Caledonia on 24 May 1942 from units of Task Force 6814, which sailed from New York on 22 January 1942 and reached New Caledonia on 12 March 1942.

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Appendix D-2

ACTIVATION AND COMBAT PARTICIPATION

Division	Date of Activation	Combat Participation: Dec 41-Sep 44	Location 30 Sep 44
Philippine	Jun 1921 a	Philippines-Lost in combat, May 1942	(Captured)
24th	Oct 1941 b	Central Pacific, New Guinea	New Guinea
25th	Oct 1941 b	Central Pacific, Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons	New Caledonia
34th	Feb 1941 c	Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, No. Apennines d	Italy
Americal	May 1942 e	Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons	Bougainville
27th	Oct 1940 c	Western Pacific	Espiritu Santo
41st	Sep 1940 c	Papua, New Guinea	New Guinea
32d	Oct 1940 c	Papua, New Guinea	New Guinea
5th	Oct 1939	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	France
1st Armd	Jul 1940	Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, No. Apennines d	Italy
37th	Oct 1940 c	Northern Solomons	Bougainville
1st	May 1917	Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, No France, Rhineland .	Belgium
40th	Mar 1941 c	Bismarck Archipelago	New Britain
43d	Feb 1941 c	Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons, New Guinea	New Guinea
29th	Feb 1941 c	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	Netherlands
3d	Nov 1917	Algeria-Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, So. France, Rhineland	France
2d Armd	Jul 1940	Sicily, Normandy, No. France, Rhineland d	Netherlands
9th	Aug 1940	Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, No. France, Rhineland d	Germany
36th	Nov 1940 c	Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, So. France, Rhineland	France
7th	Jul 1940	Aleutians, Eastern Mandates	Central Pac
82d AB	Mar 1942	Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Rhineland	Netherlands
45th	Sep 1940 c	Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, So. France, Rhineland,	France
1st Cav	Sep 1921	New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago	Admiralties
33d	Mar 1941 c	New Guinea	New Guinea
6th	Oct 1939	New Guinea	New Guinea
3d Armd	Aug 1941	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	Germany
101st AB	Aug 1942	Normandy, Rhineland	Netherlands
2d	Sep 1917	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	Belgium
28th	Feb 1941 c	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland .	Luxembourg
8th	Jul 1940	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	Luxembourg
88th	Jul 1942	Rome-Arno, No. Apennines	Italy
85th	May 1942	Rome-Arno, No. Apennines	Italy
4th Armd	Apr 1941	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	France
38th	Jan 1941 c	New Guinea	New Guinea
93d	May 1942	New Guinea, Northern Solomons	Treasury Is.
4th	Jun 1940	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	Belgium
2d Cav	Feb 1943 f	(None)	(Inactivated)
30th	Sep 1940 c	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	Netherlands
5th Armd	Oct 1941	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	Luxembourg
6th Armd	Feb 1942	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	France
31st	Nov 1940 c	New Guinea	Morotai
90th	Mar 1942	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	France
77th	Mar 1942	Western Pacific	Guam
91st	Aug 1942	Rome-Arno, No. Apennines	Italy

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Appendix D-2

ACTIVATION AND COMBAT PARTICIPATION (continued)

Division	Date of Activation	Combat Participation: Dec 41Sep 44	Location 30 Sep 44
83d	Aug 1942	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	Luxembourg
79th	Jun 1942	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	France
98th	Sep 1942	(None)	Hawaii
11th AB	Feb 1943	New Guinea	New Guinea
35th	Dec 1940 c	Normandy, No. France, Rhineland	France
7th Armd	Mar 1942	No. France, Rhineland	Belgium
80th	Jul 1942	No. France, Rhineland	France
81st	Jun 1942	Western Pacific	Palaus
96th	Aug 1942	(None)	Central Pac
94th	Sep 1942	Northern France	France
95th	Jul 1942	Northern France	France
17th AB	Apr 1943	(None)	U.K.
9th Armd	Jul 1942	(None)	France
26th	Jan 1941 c	Northern France	France
104th	Sep 1942	Northern France	France
44th	Sep 1940 c	(None)	France
102d	Sep 1942	(None)	France
10th Armd	Jul 1942	(None)	France
12th Armd	Sep 1942	(None)	En route
84th	Oct 1942	(None)	En route
92d	Oct 1942	(0)	En route
11th Armd	Aug 1942	(None)	En route
99th	Nov 1942	(None)	En route

a Activated in Philippines.

b Activated in Hawaii.

c National Guard divisions inducted into the federal service.

d Elements of the 9th, 34th, 1st Armored and 2d Armored saw action in the Algeria-French Morocco Campaign and elements of the 2d Armored also saw action in Tunisia.

e The Americal Division was organized and constituted in New Caledonia,

f The 2d Cavalry Division, first activated in April 1941, was partially disbanded in July 1942, fully reactivated in February 1943, and inactivated on 10 May 1944 in North Africa.

g The 370th Regimental Combat Team of the 92d Division arrived in Italy in August and was participating in the Rome-Arno and the Northern Apennines Campaigns as of 30 September 1944.

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