United States World War II Unit Histories

Unit Histories

 * James T. Controvich, ed. United States Army Unit and Organizational histories, a bibliography. 2 volumes. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2003. FHL 973 M23cj Volume 2 covers World War I to present.
 * World War II Unit Histories & Officers
 * United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History. C.E. Dornbush. Unit Histories of World War II,United States Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy. (1950)

Army
For information regarding official military unit histories, contact:

U.S. Army Center of Military History 103 3rd Avenue Fort Lesley J. McNair, DC 20319-5058 Telephone: (202) 685-4042

Order of Battle

 * Order of Battle of the United States Army Ground Forces in World War II. Pacific Theater of Operations.
 * Order of Battle of the United States Army World War II. European Theater of Operations. Divisions.
 * Fighting Divisions.


 * List of United States divisions during World War II -Wikipedia

Division Histories - National Archives - Organization Authority Record

 * II Armored Corps. (1/17/1942 - 10/9/1943)
 * 4th Army. 1943-1947
 * 1st Infantry Division. (11/19/1939 - 1947)
 * 2nd Infantry Division. 10/1917-9/18/1947
 * 3rd Infantry Division. 1917-1947
 * 4th Infantry Division. 6/1/1940-3/12/1946
 * 5th Division. (10/16/1939 - 7/31/1942)
 * 5th Infantry Division. (8/1/1942 - 9/20/1946)
 * 5th Infantry Division. (9/20/1946 - 9/18/1947)
 * 7th Division. (7/1/1940 - 4/9/1942)
 * 7th Infantry Division. (1/1/1943 - 9/18/1947)


 * 9th Infantry Division. 8/1/1940-1/15/1947
 * 24th Infantry Division. 1941-1947
 * 25th Infantry Division. 1941-1947
 * 29th Infantry Division. 2/3/1941-1/17/1946
 * 31st Infantry Division. 11/25/1940-12/21/1945
 * 36th Infantry Division. 11/25/1940-12/15/1945
 * 40th Infantry Division. 1926-4/7/1946
 * 44th Infantry Division. 9/16/1940-11/30/1945
 * 45th Infantry Division. 1924-9/18/1947
 * 70th Infantry Division. 6/15/1943-10/11/1945


 * 75th Infantry Division. (4/15/1943 - 11/14/1945)
 * 83rd Infantry Division. (8/15/1942 - 4/5/1946)
 * 84th Division. 9/28/1921-10/14/1942
 * 85th Infantry Division. 8/1/1942-8/25/1945
 * 85th Infantry Division. 2/19/1947-9/18/1947
 * 10/15/1942-11/28/1945
 * 98th Infantry Division. 9/15/1942-2/16/1946
 * 98th Infantry Division. 12/19/1946-9/18/1947
 * 104th Infantry Division. 9/15/1942-12/20/1945
 * 104th Infantry Division. 12/1/1946-9/18/1947

Division Histories - FamilySearch Catalog

 * 1st Division
 * 3rd Division
 * 5th Division
 * 6th Division
 * 6th Division
 * 8th Division
 * 10th Mountain Division
 * 24th Division
 * 26th Division
 * 29th Division
 * 30th Division
 * 31st Division
 * 33rd Division
 * 34th Division
 * 35th Division
 * 41st Division
 * 43rd Division
 * 43rd Division. Artillery


 * 48th Division
 * 63rd Division
 * 66th Division
 * 69th Division
 * 70th Division
 * 71st Division
 * 75th Division
 * 76th Division
 * 78th Division
 * 80th Division
 * 83rd Division
 * 86th Division
 * 87th Division
 * 88th Division
 * 90th Division
 * 94th Division
 * 96th Division
 * 100th Division
 * 102nd Division

 Armored Divisions 


 * 2nd Division
 * 10th Division
 * 11th Division
 * 13th Division
 * 14th Division
 * 20th Division

 Airborne Divisions


 * Airborne Division
 * Airborne Division
 * Airborne Division
 * 82nd Airborne Division
 * War II Army Airborne troop carriers

Division Histories - Internet Archives

 * 3rd Division
 * 4th Division
 * 4th Division
 * 32nd Division
 * 33rd Division
 * 42nd Division
 * 71st Division
 * 77th Division
 * 78th Division
 * 79th Division
 * 85th Division
 * 91st Division
 * 94th Division

Army Air Force

 * Army Air Forces. Rapid City Army Air Base. 1/2/1942-9/18/1947
 * Record Group 92, Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs), 1942 - 1947 NAID 305256

Air Force Award Cards, 1942-1963 - Unit Awards - National Archives Catalog For information regarding official military unit histories, contact: U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency 600 Chenault Circle Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424 Telephone: (334) 953-2395
 * Air Attache Office (Korea) - 8th Weather Squadron. NAID 148262432
 * 9th Air Base Group - 36th Service Squadron. NAID 148263401
 * 37th Air Rescue Squadron - 92nd Troop Carrier Squadron. NAID 148264439
 * 93rd Airdrome Squadron - 349th Signal Company. NAID 148265413
 * 350th Airdrome Squadron - 575th Bomb Squadron. NAID 148266460
 * 576th Air Material Squadron - 1781st Ordnance S& M Company (AVN) NAID 148267482
 * 1782nd Ordnance S & M Company - 9677th Technical Service Unit NAID 148268573

 Unit Histories 
 * Historical data of Army Air Forces training detachments. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center, 1973. FHL DGS 9065255
 * United States. USAF Historical Division; Maurer,Maurer.  Combat Squadrons of the Air Force Word War II.
 * Maurer Maurer, ed. Air Force Combat Units of World War II.
 * Historical data of bombardment squadrons, United States Air Force, 1943-1944. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center, 1972. FHL 1402471


 * Air Force
 * Air Division, 8th Air Force, USAAF
 * Bomb Group (H)
 * Bomb Group
 * 34th Bombardment Group(H)
 * Bombardment Group
 * Bombardment Group (L)
 * 70th Bombardment Squadron (M)
 * Bombardment Squadron (M)
 * 96th Bomb Group
 * 99th Bomb Group (H)
 * Bomb group
 * Bomb Group (H[eavy)]
 * Bombardment Group
 * Bombardment Group : the "cottontails" of WWII
 * Bomb Group : 1943 - Steed's flying colts - 1945
 * Bomb Group (H)

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 * Tracing A Family Member's Military Service
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 * Honor Roll
 * Missing Air Crew Reports - Database
 * Buried Unknown Soldiers

Navy
For information regarding official military unit histories, contact:

U.S. Naval History &amp; Heritage Command Washington Navy Yard, Bldg 57 (3rd Floor) Washington, DC 20374 Telephone: (202) 433-3224 Ship Histories.

 Unit Histories
 * Submarine veterans of World War II : a history of the veterans of the United States naval submarine fleet

Marine Corps
For information regarding official military unit histories, contact:

U.S. Marine Corps History Division 2044 Broadway Street Quantico, Virginia 22134 Telephone: (703) 432-4877

Information on WWII Marines has been collected by Jerome Beau, volunteer historian. He has collected over 7600 histories on fellow Marine Raiders.


 * Gordon L. Rottman. U.S. Marine Corps World War II order of battle : ground and air units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945.Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, 2002. FHL 973 M3rg

 Marine Divisions
 * 1st Marine Division. 1941-1947

Marine Corps Regimental History Series
 * Robert J. Kane. A brief History of the 2d Marines. Washington, D.C.: Historical Division. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1970
 * Frank. A Brief History of the 3d Marines. Washington, D.C.: Historical Branch, G-3 Division. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1968
 * James S. Santelli. A Brief History of the 4th Marines. Washington, D.C.: Historical Division. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1970
 * William K. Jones. A Brief History of the 6th Marines. Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Divisions. headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1987
 * James S. Santelli. A brief History of the 7th Marines. Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1980
 * James S. Santelli. A Brief History of the 8th Marines. Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1976
 * David N. Buckner. A Brief History of the 10th Marines. Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1981
 * Robert Emmet. A Brief History of the 11th Marines. Washington, D.C.: Historical Branch, G-3 Division. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps,1968
 * Charles R. Smith. A Brief History of the 12th Marines. Washington, D.C.: Historical Division. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1972
 * Ronald J. Brown. A brief History of the 14th Marines Washington, D.C.: Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Divisions. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps,1990
 * Joseph B. Ruth. A Brief History of the 25th Marines. Washington, D.C.History and Museums Divisions. Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1981

Transportation Corps
 Military Railway Service 
 * Railroaders in Olive Drab: The Military Railway Service in WW II
 * Ron Zeil, Steel Rails to Victory. Random House Value Publishing, n.d.
 * Railway Operating Battalion
 * War Department Field Manual. Transportation Corps. Railway-Operating Battalion
 * 718th Railway Operating Battalion
 * 723rd Railway Operating Battalion
 * 727th Railway Operating Battalion

Coast Guard
For information regarding official military unit histories, contact:

U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office Commandant (CG-09224) U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters 2100 Second Street SW Washington, D.C. 20593

National Archives

 * Record Group 338: records of U.S. Army Operational,Tactical,and Support Organizations. Unit Histories, 1943-1967 NAID 895216
 * Army Air Forces. - World War II Combat Operations Reports, 1941-1946 NAID 596339
 * Army Air Forces. - 2nd Bombardment Division. 9.13.1943-12.19.1944.
 * Army Air Forces. - 2nd Air Division. 12.19.1944-8.28.1945.

Other Sources
For brief organizational and service histories of Army combat units see the following:


 * Maurer, Maurer, ed. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II. Department of the Air Force, USAF Historical Division, Air University, 1961. FHL 973 M2mmu
 * Stanton, Shelby L. Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1984. (FHL book 973 M2st.)
 * David Polk. World War II Army Airborne troop carriers. Paducah, Kentucky : Turner Pub. Co., c1992. FHL 973 M2pat

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