Appendix VI
Task Organization

Northern Troops and Landing Force--Major General Harry Schmidt.
Corps Troops
Headquarters and Service Battalion, V Amphibious Corps (less detachments).
Signal Battalion, V Amphibious Corps (less detachments).
Motor Transport Company, V Amphibious Corps (less detachments).
Provisional Engineer Group, V Amphibious Corps.
Headquarters, Provisional Engineer Group, V Amphibious Corps.
18th Naval Construction Battalion.
121st Naval Construction Battalion.
34th Engineer Battalion (Army).
7th Field Depot (less detachments) (Reinforced).
Medical Battalion, V Amphibious Corps.
31st Field Hospital (Army).
38th Field Hospital (Army).
96th Portable Surgical Hospital (Army).
97th Portable Surgical Hospital (Army).
98th Portable Surgical Hospital (Army).
477th Amphibian Truck Company (Army) (less detachments).
Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, V Amphibious Corps.
1st Battalion, 29th Marines.
Communication Unit 18.
Group Pacific 6.
1. 4th Marine Division (Reinforced)--Major General Clifton B. Cates.
   4th Marine Division (less 3d and 4th Battalions 14th Marines) with 1st and 2d Battalions, 10th Marines attached.
   Provisional LVT Group, V Amphibious Corps (less detachments).
   2d Armored Amphibian Battalion.
   2d Amphibian Tractor Battalion.
   5th Amphibian Tractor Battalion.
   10th Amphibian Tractor Battalion.
   708th Amphibian Tank Battalion (Army).
   715th Amphibian Tractor Battalion (Army).
   773d Amphibian Tractor Battalion (Army).
   534th Amphibian Tractor Battalion (Army).
   1st Joint Assault Signal Company.
   1341st Engineer Battalion (Army).
   1st Amphibian Truck Company.
   2d Amphibian Truck Company.
   1st Provisional Rocket Detachment. 2d Tank Battalion.
2. 2d Marine Division (Reinforced)--Major General Thomas E. Watson.
   2d Marine Division (less 10th Marines and 2d Tank Battalion).
   2d Joint Assault Signal Company.
   2d Provisional Rocket Detachment.

3. 27th Infantry Division (Reinforced)--Major General George W. Griner, USA.
   27th Infantry Division (Reinforced) (less 105th Infantry).
   762d Provisional Tank Battalion.
   Company D, 766th Tank Battalion.
   295th Joint Assault Signal Company.
   95th Bomb Disposal Squadron.
   Detachment, 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration.
   Company C, 88th Chemical Battalion.
   152d Engineer Battalion.
4. Corps Artillery--Brigadier General Arthur M. Harper, USA.
   XXIV Army Corps Artillery.
   Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, XXIV Corps Artillery.
   420th Field Artillery Group (155mm Gun) (Army).
   531st Field Artillery Battalion.
   532d Field Artillery Battalion.
   419th Field Artillery Group (155mm Howitzer) (Army).
   145th Field Artillery Battalion.
   225th Field Artillery Battalion.
   10th Marines (less 1st and 2d Battalions).
   3d and 4th Battalions, 14th Marines.
   4th 105mm Artillery Battalion (Howitzer), Corps Artillery, V Amphibious Corps.
   27th Infantry Division Artillery.
   Provisional Motor Transport Company.
5. Tinian Garrison Forces--Major General James L. Underhill.
   17th Marine Antiaircraft Battalion.
   Other units as assigned.
6. Saipan Garrison Forces--Major General Sanderford Jarman, USA.
   105th Infantry.
   Army Defense Troops.
   Army Service Troops.
   Other units as assigned.

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