2-AD – Order of Battle 1944-1945
Headquarters Company
Service Company
Combat Command A
Combat Command B
Reserve Command
41st Armored Infantry Regiment
66th Armored Regiment
67th Armored Regiment
17th Armored Engineer Battalion
82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
142d Armored Signal Company
2nd Armored Division Artillery
14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
78th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Armored Division Trains
2nd Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
Supply Battalion
48th Armored Medical Battalion
Military Police Platoon
Attachments to the 2nd Armored Division
Antiaircraft Artillery
195th AAA AW Bn (SP) 11 Jun 1944 – till VE Day
Btrys C & D 129th AAA Gun Bn (Mbl) 25 Jul 1944 – 30 Jul 1944
Btrys A & B 474th AAA AW Bn (SP) 28 Jul 1944 – 31 Jul 1944
Armored
Sq B Br 1st Fife & Forfar Yeo (79-AD) Nov 15/24 1944
40th Tk Bn (7th Armd Div) 23 Nov 1944 – 24 Nov 1944
Sq B Br 1st Fife & Forfar Yeo (79-AD) 25 Dec 1944 – 18 Jan 1945
Elm 738th Tank Bn (Mine Exploder) 12 Jan 1945 – 17 Jan 1945
A Co 739th Tk Bn 27 Feb 1945 – 5 mar 1945
Cavalry
24th Cav Rcn Sq 25 Jul 1944 – 28 Jul 1944
113th Cav Rcn Sq 6 Aug 1944 – 15 Aug 1944
1st Plat 30th Rcn Tr (30th Div) 7 Aug 1944 – 12 Aug 1944
4th Cav Gp 23 Dec 1944 – 31 Dec 1944
Engineer
Co B 327th Engr C Bn (102d Div) 16 Nov 1944 – 25 Nov 1944
Co B 105th Engr C Bn (30th Div) 2 Apr 1945 – 16 Apr 1945
Field Artillery
65th Armd FA Bn 3 Jul 1944 – 8 Jul 1944
65th Armd FA Bn 13 Jul 1944 – 30 Sep 1944
62d Armd FA Bn 25 Jul 1944 – 22 Sep 1944
258th FA Bn (155 Gun) 6 Aug 1944 – 26 Aug 1944
258th FA Bn (155 Gun) 3 Oct 1944 – 30 Oct 1944
65th Armd FA Bn 5 Oct 1944 – 21 Dec 1944
62d Armd FA Bn 6 Oct 1944 – 25 Oct 1944
70th FA Bn (105 How) 25 Oct 1944 – 3 Nov 1944
557th FA Bn (155 Gun) 30 Oct 1944 – 8 Nov 1944
83d Armd FA Bn 4 Nov 1944 – 24 Nov 1944
380th FA Bn (102d Div) (105 How) 17 Nov 1944 – 25 Nov 1944
957th FA Bn (155 How) 22 Dec 1944 – 17 Jan 1945
87th Armd FA Bn 22 Dec 1944 – 19 Jan 1945
65th Armd FA Bn 5 Feb 1945 – 10 Mar 1945
696th Armd FA Bn 6 Feb 1945 – 10 Mar 1945
258th FA Gp 26 Feb 1945 – 5 Mar 1945
696th Armd FA Bn 26 Mar 1945 – 19 Apr 1945
258th FA Bn (155 Gun) 26 Mar 1945 – 19 Apr 1945
65th Armd FA Bn 27 Mar 1945 – 19 Apr 1945
113th FA Bn (30th Div) (155 How) 2 Apr 1945 – 5 Apr 1945
197th FA Bn (30th Div) (105 How) 2 Apr 1945 – 17 Apr 1945
Infantry
22d CT (4th Div) 21 Jul 1944 – 1 Aug 1944
44th FA Bn (4th Div) (105 How) 21 Jul 1944 – 1 Aug 1944
1st Plat Co C 4th Engr C Bn (4th Div) 21 Jul 1944 – 1 Aug 1944
2d Bn 119th Inf (30th Div) 2 Aug 1944 – 12 Aug 1944
3d Bn 119th Inf (30th Div) 3 Aug 1944 – 4 Aug 1944
3d Bn 120th Inf (30th Div) 9 Aug 1944 – 12 Aug 1944
3d Bn 8th Inf (4th Div) 11 Aug 1944 – 14 Aug 1944
99th Inf Bn (Non-Div) 15 Aug – 18 Sep 1944
3d Bn 116th Inf (29th Div) 4 Oct 1944 – 29 Oct 1944
2d Bn 116th Inf (29th Div) 8 Oct 1944 – 11 Oct 1944
405th Inf (102d Div) 26 Oct 1944 – 3 Nov 1944
1st Bn 405th Inf (102d Div) 3 Nov 1944 – 6 Nov 1944
406th Inf (-1st Bn) (102d Div) 6 Nov 1944 – 25 Nov 1944
1st Bn 406th Inf (102d Div) 9 Nov 1944 – 25 Nov 1944
2d Bn 119th Inf (30th Div) 11 Nov 1944 – 28 Nov 1944
335th CT (84th Div) 22 Nov 1944 – 24 Nov 1944
1st Bn 119th Inf (30th Div) 25 Nov 1944 – 3 Dec 1944
60th CT (9th Div) 22 Dec 1944 – 23 Dec 1944
2d Bn 291st Inf (75th Div) 25 Dec 1944 – 28 Dec 1944
1st 2d & 3d Bns 335th Inf (84th Div) 1 Jan 1945 – 10 Jan 1945
335th Inf (84th Div) 1 Jan 1945 – 11 Jan 1945
1st & 2d Bns 333d Inf (84th Div) 10 Jan 1945 – 17 Jan 1945
3d Bn 333d Inf (84th Div) 10 Jan 1945 – 17 Jan 1945
331st Inf (83d Div) 28 Feb 1945 – 1 Mar 1945
908th FA Bn (83d Div) (105 How) 28 Feb 1945 – 1 Mar 1945
Co C 308th Engr C Bn 28 Feb 1945 – 1 Mar 1945
379th Inf (95th Div) 1 Mar 1945 – 4 Mar 1945
377th Inf (95th Div) 29 Mar 1945 – 2 Apr 1945
119th Inf (30th Div) 2 Apr 1945 – 17 Apr 1945
Tank Destroyers
702d TD Bn (SP) 11 Jun 1944 – 21 Sep 1944
702d TD Bn (SP) 1 Oct 1944 – 7 Feb 1945
Co A 814th TD Bn (SP) 23 Nov 1944 – 24 Nov 1944
702d TD Bn (SP) 27 Feb 1945 – VE Day
2-AD – Detachments to
Armored
1st Bn 66th Armd Regt 101st Abn Div – 16 Jun 1944 – 28 Jun 1944
1st Bn 66th Armd Regt 83d Div – 28 Jun 1944 – 6 Jul 1944
CCA XIX Corps – 28 Jul 1944 – 16 Aug 1944
G Co 66th Armd Regt 113th Cav Gp – 22 Sep 1944 – 1 Oct 1944
3d Bn 66th Armd Regt 30th Div – 12 Oct 1944 – 22 Oct 1944
A Co 67th Armd Regt 7th Armd Gp – 18 Dec 1944 – 22 Dec 1944
CCB 3d Div – 26 Feb 1945 – 27 Feb 1945
CCR 83d Div – 14 Apr 1945 – 20 Apr 1945
3d Bn 67th Armd Regt 83d Div – 19 Apr 1945 – 30 Apr 1945
Cavalry
82d Armd Rcn Bn 4th Cav Gp – 19 Jan 1945 – 21 Jan 1945
Engineer
Co E 17th Armd Engr Bn 1153d Engr C Gp – 9 Mar 1945 – 31 Mar 1945
Field Artillery
78th Armd FA Bn 4th Cav Gp – 19 Jan 1945 – 21 Jan 1945
2d Armd Div Arty 30th Div – 7 Feb 1945 – 27 Feb 1945
2d Armd Div Arty 113th Cav Gp – 11 Mar 1945 – 26 Mar 1945
2-AD – Command Posts Locations
1942
(no info available on file for Torch and Tunisia)
(information welcomed)
(same for Sicily)
1943
27 Nov – Tidworth – Wiltshire – England
1944
7 Jun – St-Laurent-sur-Mer – Calvados – France
10 Jun – La Mine – Calvados – France
2 Jul – St-Paul-du-Vernay (vic NW) – Calvados – France
18 Jul – La Mine – Calvados – France
24 Jul – Le Dezert – Manche – France
25 Jul – Pont Herbert (vic W) – Manche – France
26 Jul – Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly (vic SW) – Manche – France
3 Aug – Percy (vic S) – Manche – France
4 Aug – Courson (vic N) – Manche – France
7 Aug – Le Teilleul (1 Mi NE) – Manche – France
10 Aug – Barenton (2 Mi W) – Manche – France
18 Aug – Sees (1 mi S) – Orne – France
19 Aug – Longny-au-Perche (vic W) – Orne – France
20 Aug – Brezolles (vic N) – Eure-et-Loire – France
25 Aug – Le Neubourg (3 mi S) – Eure-et-Loire – France
27 Aug – Mantes-Gassicourt (4 mi W) – Eure-et-Loire – France
30 Aug – Magny-en-Vexin (vic N) – Seine-et-Oise – France
31 Aug – Beauvais (2 mi S) – Oise – France
1 Sep – Peronne (vic NW) – Somme – France
2 Sep – Rumes – Hainaut – Belgium
6 Sep – Archennes (vic W) – Brabant – Belgium
8 Sep – Louvain (vic SE) – Brabant – Belgium
9 Sep – Hasselt (4 mi W) – Limbourg – Belgium
16 Sep – Maastricht (2 mi NE) – Limburg – Neth
18 Sep – Schimmert – Limburg – Netherlands
19 Sep – Oirsbeek (1 mi SE) – Limburg – Netherlands
4 Oct – Nieuwenhagen – Limburg – Netherlands
9 Oct – Grotenrath – Rhineland – Germany
11 Oct – Waubach – Limburg – Netherlands
11 Nov – Ubach Palenberg (1/2 mi E) – Rhineland – Germany
17 Nov – Ubach Palenberg (1 mi SE) – Rhineland – Germany
24 Nov – Baesweiler (1/2 mi SE) – Rhineland – Germany
22 Dec – Havelange (2 mi S) – Namur – Belgium
25 Dec – Mohiville (1 mi W) – Namur – Namur
28 Dec – Leignon – Namur – Belgium
29 Dec – Mohiville (1 mi W) – Namur – Belgium
