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)

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


 * 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

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 Diviion
 * 32d Division
 * 42nd Division
 * 85th Division
 * 91st Division
 * 94th Division

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

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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