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USMC WWII Divisions

THE USMC HAD 6 DIVISIONS DURING WWII. WE ALSO HAD MANY AIR SQUADRONS. SOME OF THESE SAW DUTY WITH US ON OKINAWA.
A DIVISION WAS MADE UP OF ABOUT 20,000 MARINES....GIVE OR TAKE A FEW HERE AND THERE.

A DIVISION CONSITED OF 4 REGIMENTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS AN ARTILLERY REGIMENT, SUCH AS OUR 15TH REGIMENT.

A REGIMENT WOULD CONSIST OF 3 BATTALIONS...EACH BATTALION CONSITING OF 4 COMPANIES....A COMPANY WOULD APPROXIMATE 200 TO 250 MARINES. EACH BATTALION WOULD HAVE A HQ COMPANY, AND THEN LETTERS...FIRST BN WOULD BE 'A', 'B', AND 'C' COMPANIES, 21ND BN. WOULD BE 'D', 'E', AND 'F' AND THE THIRS 'G', 'H' AND 'I'

THE 22ND AND THE 4TH WAS A LARGER REGIMENT THEN THE 29TH, SO THEY PUT A, B, C, AND D, IN THE FIRST BN, AND E, F, G, AND H, IN THE SECOND ETC.

THEN CAME ATTACHED COMPANIES TO THE DIVISION 81MM MORTAR COMPANY, THE WEAPONS COMPANY, AND THE TANK BN...PLUS MANY OTHER UNITS ALSO SUCH AS THE PIONEER BN, RECON BN, AND ENGINEERS....A FULL LIST OF ATTACHED UNITS IS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION CERTIFICATE AS SHOWN IN OUR 6TH DIV. HISTORY BOOK.

 

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