Appendix C

Allied Chain of Command and Order of Battle

Supreme Allied Commander
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

21st Army Group
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery

First Army
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley

VII Corps
Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins

Unit		Commander
4th Division		Maj. Gen. Raymond O. Barton
	8th Infantry	Col. James A. Van Fleet
	12th Infantry	Col. Rusell P. Reeder (11 June) Lt. Col. Hervey Tribolet
	22d Infantry	Col. Hervey A. Tribolet Col. Robert T. Foster (26 June)
9th Division		Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy
	39th Infantry	Col. Harry A. Flint
	47th Infantry	Col. George W. Smythe
	60th Infantry	Col. Frederick J. de Rohan
79th Division		Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche
	313th Infantry	Col. Sterling A. Robinson
	315th Infantry	Col. Porter P. Wiggins Col. Bernard B. McMahon (24 June)
82d Airborne Division		Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway
	505th Parachute Infantry	Col. William E. Ekman
	507 Parachute Infantry	Col. George V. Millett, Jr. Col. E.D. Raff (15 June)
	508th Parachute Infantry	Col. Roy E. Lindquist
	325th Glider Infantry	Col. Harry L. Lewis

90th Division		Brig. Gen. Jay MacKelvie
	357th Infantry	Col. Philip D. Ginder Col. John W. Sheehy (13 June) Lt. Col. Charles M. Schwab (15 June) Col. George B. Barth (17 June)
	358th Infantry	Col. James V. Thompson Col. Richard C. Partridge (16 June)
	359th Infantry	Col. Clark K. Fales
101st Airborne Division		Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
	501st Parachute Infantry	Col. Howard R. Johnson
	502d Parachute Infantry	Col. George V. H. Moseley, Jr. (WIA 6 June) Lt. Col. John H. Michaelis (6 June)
	506th Parachute Infantry	Col. Robert F. Sink
	327th Glider Infantry	Col. George S. Wear Col. Joseph H. Harper (10 June)
4th Cavalry Group		Col. Joseph M. Tully
	4th Cavalry Squadron	Lt. Col. E. C. Dunn
	24th Cavalry Squadron	Lt. Col. F. H. Gaston, Jr.
6th Armored Group		Col. Francis F. Fainter
	70th Tank Battalion	Lt. Col. John C. Welborn
	746th Tank Battalion	Lt. Col. C. G. Hupfer

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