United States World War II Unit Histories

Unit Histories

 * 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)
 * 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.

Army Air Force
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  Unit Histories 
 * 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.
 * 70th Bombardment Squadron in World War II

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 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.

Division Histories - Family History Library Catalog

 * First Division
 * 20th Armored Division
 * 24th Division
 * 26th Division
 * 29th Division
 * 31st Division
 * 33rd Division
 * 41st Division
 * 43rd Division
 * 75th Division
 * 76th Division
 * 80th Division
 * 83rd Division
 * 86th Division
 * 88th Division
 * 90th Division
 * 94th Division
 * 96th Division

Division Histories - Internet Archives

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

Division Histories - National Archives

 * 92nd Division. 1942-1946.

Transportation Corps
 Military Railway Service 
 * Railroaders in Olive Drab: The Military Railway Service in WW II
 * Railway Operating Battalion
 * War Department Field Manual. Transportation Corps. Railway-Operating Battalion
 * 718th Railway Operating Battalion
 * 723rd Railway Operating Battalion
 * 727th Railway Operating Battalion

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.

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

U.S. Marine Corps History Division 3078 Upshur Avenue 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.

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

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, 1969. Not found at the FHL.
 * Stanton, Shelby L. Order of Battle,U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1984. (FHL book 973 M2st.)

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