User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/pacificfront/1943-01 CapeGloucester oob

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US Forces[edit]

Ground force commanders at Peleliu
Roy S. Geiger, USMC, as a lieutenant general
Maj. Gen. William H. Rupertus, USMC
Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller
Herman H.Hanneken as a brigadier general
Col. William H. Harrison

Capture of Peleliu[edit]

III Marine Amphibious Corps
Major General Roy S. Geiger
1st Marine Division[1]
Major General William H. Rupertus
Asst. Div. Cmdr.: Brig. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd (to 11 Apr), Brig. Gen. Oliver P. Smith[a]
Chief of Staff: Col. Amor L. Sims (to 3 Feb), Col. Oliver P. Smith (to 29 Feb), Col. John T. Selden
CO HQ Battalion: Col. Joseph F. Hankins (KIA 3 Oct), Lt. Col. Austin C. Shofner[b]
Personnel officer (G-1): Maj. William E. Benedict (to 23 Sep), Lt. Col. Harold O. Deakin
Intelligence officer (G-2): Lt. Col. John W. Scott Jr.
Operations officer (G-3): Lt. Col. Lewis J. Fields
Logistics officer (G-4): Lt. Col. Harvey C. Tschirgi
sector
1st Marine Regiment
Colonel Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller[c]
Exec. Ofc.: Lt. Col. Richard P. Ross Jr.
1st Battalion (Maj. Raymond G. Davis)
2nd Battalion[d] (Lt. Col. Russell E. Honsowetz)
3rd Battalion (Lt. Col. Stephen V. Sabol)
Co. A of the following:
1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Tank Battalion
sector
5th Marine Regiment
Colonel Harold D. "Bucky" Harris
Exec. Ofc.: Lt. Col. Lewis W. Walt
1st Battalion (Lt. Col. Robert W. Boyd)
2nd Battalion (Maj. Gordon D. Gayle)
3rd Battalion[e] (Lt. Col. Austin C. Shofner[f] (to 15 Sep), Maj. John C. Gustafson)
Co. B of the following:
1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Tank Battalion (reduced)
sector
7th Marine Regiment
Colonel Herman H. "Hard-Headed" Hanneken
Exec. Ofc.: Lt. Col. Norman Hussa
1st Battalion (Lt. Col. John J. Gormley)
2nd Battalion (Lt. Col. Spenser S. Berger)
3rd Battalion (Maj. Edward H. Hurst)
Co. C of the following:
1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Tank Battalion (reduced)
Landed after First Waves on D-Day
11th Marine Regiment (Artillery)
Colonel William H. Harrison
Exec. Ofc.: Lt. Col. Edison L. Lyman
1st Battalion (Lt. Col. Richard W. Wallace)
2nd Battalion (Lt. Col. Noah P. Wood, Jr.)
3rd Battalion (Lt. Col. Charles M. Nees)
4th Battalion (Lt. Col. Louie C.Reinberg)
Other units
12th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion
3rd Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion
4th, 5th, 6th Marine War Dog Platoons
UDT 6 and UDT 7

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ While commanding the 1st Marine Division at the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War, Smith announced, "Retreat, hell ... we're just advancing in a different direction."
  2. ^ Captured on Corregidor, Shofner took part in the only successful escape from a Japanese POW camp.
  3. ^ Became the most decorated Marine in the history of the Corps.
  4. ^ Robert Leckie, later a prolific author on military topics including the best-selling Helmet for My Pillow, was wounded while serving in Company H of this unit.
  5. ^ Eugene B. Sledge, author of the noted memoir With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, served in Company K of this unit.
  6. ^ Captured on Corregidor, Shofner took part in the only successful escape from a Japanese POW camp.
  1. ^ Clark, pp. 64-66
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