bigpigeon.us webpage WWII US > WWII Ground Forces > Ground Forces - Japan, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 11 Jan 2023.
This webpage supports Big Pigeon's WWII-Japan module, and is not yet complete.
This webpage supports Big Pigeon's WWII-Japan module, and is not yet complete.
==> South & SW Pacific, 1942-44.
Southwest & South Pacific, New Guinea & Solomon Islands, 1942-44.
6th Army (Krueger).
==> North Pacific, 1943.
==> Central Pacific, 1943-44.
Gilbert Islands, 1943, V USMC Amphibious Corps. (Holland Smith)
Marshall Islands, 1943-44.
to be added.
Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944, V USMC Amphibious Corps. (Holland Smith)
Palau Islands, 1944, III USMC Amphibious Corps. (Holland Smith)
==> The Philippines Liberated.
Army & Corps Organization, Philippines, 1944-45.
6th Army (Krueger) (8th Army assumed responsibility 1 Jul 1945.)
X Army Corps -->26 Dec 1944 8th Army (Sibert).
I Army Corps – (Swift).
8th Army (Eichelberger)
XI Army Corps (Hall)
XIV Army Corps, from 1 Jul ‘45 (Griswold).
Southern Philippines Campaign, 27 Feb - 4 Jul 1945, 8th Army (Eichelberger).
X Army Corps, Mindanao, 17 Apr 1945 – 30 Jun 1945 (Sibert).
==> Iwo Jima & Okinawa.
Iwo Jima, 1945, V USMC Amphibious Corps (Holland Smith & Schmidt).
Ryukus Campaign, Okinawa, 26 Mar - 2 Jul 1945, 10th Army (Buckner/Geiger/Stilwell).
XXIV Army Corps (Hodge)
Southwest & South Pacific, New Guinea & Solomon Islands, 1942-44.
6th Army (Krueger).
- I Army Corps – New Guinea (Eichelberger).
- XI Army Corps – from Mar 1944, New Guinea (Hall).
- XIV Army Corps – Dec 1942+, Solomons (Patch/Griswold).
==> North Pacific, 1943.
- 7th Infantry Division, Attu (Brown)
==> Central Pacific, 1943-44.
Gilbert Islands, 1943, V USMC Amphibious Corps. (Holland Smith)
- 2nd Marine Division, Tarawa
- 27th Inf. Division, Makin (Ralph Smith)
Marshall Islands, 1943-44.
to be added.
Saipan, Mariana Islands, 1944, V USMC Amphibious Corps. (Holland Smith)
- 2nd Marine Division
- 4th Marine Division
- 27th Inf. Division (Ralph Smith)
- 3rd Marine Division
- 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
- 77th Inf. Division (Bruce)
- 4th Marine Division
- 2nd Marine Division
- 147th Inf. Regiment.
Palau Islands, 1944, III USMC Amphibious Corps. (Holland Smith)
- 1st Marine Division, Pelelieu (Rupertus)
- 81st Inf. Division, Pelelieu & Angaur (Mueller)
==> The Philippines Liberated.
Army & Corps Organization, Philippines, 1944-45.
6th Army (Krueger) (8th Army assumed responsibility 1 Jul 1945.)
- I Army Corps –Luzon (Swift).
- X Army Corps – Leyte, southern Philippines (Sibert).
- XIV Army Corps – Luzon (Griswold).
- XXIV Army Corps – Leyte (Hodge). (after Leyte, transferred to Tenth Army for Battle of Okinawa)
- XI Army Corps – Luzon, southern Philippines (Hall)
- XIV Army Corps – Luzon (Griswold).
X Army Corps -->26 Dec 1944 8th Army (Sibert).
- 24th Inf. Division.
- 32nd Inf. Division.
- 1st Cavalry Division.
- 112th RCT.
- 7th Inf. Division.
- 77th Inf. Division.
- 96th Inf. Division.
- 11th Airborne Division.
I Army Corps – (Swift).
- 6th Inf. Division.
- 25th Inf. Division.
- 32nd Inf. Division.
- 33rd Inf. Division.
- 37th Inf. Division.
- 43rd Inf. Division.
- 158th RCT.
8th Army (Eichelberger)
XI Army Corps (Hall)
XIV Army Corps, from 1 Jul ‘45 (Griswold).
Southern Philippines Campaign, 27 Feb - 4 Jul 1945, 8th Army (Eichelberger).
X Army Corps, Mindanao, 17 Apr 1945 – 30 Jun 1945 (Sibert).
- 24th Inf. Division.
- 31st Inf. Division.
- 162nd RCT
- 163rd RCT (from 41st Inf. Div.)
- 108th RCT (from 40th Inf. Div.)
- 23rd Inf. Division (a.k.a. Americal Division)
- 31st Inf. Division
- 41st Inf. Division
- 93rd Inf. Division (African-American)
- 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment
- 38th Inf. Division
==> Iwo Jima & Okinawa.
Iwo Jima, 1945, V USMC Amphibious Corps (Holland Smith & Schmidt).
- 3rd Marine Division
- 4th Marine Division
- 5th Marine Division
- 147th Inf. Regiment
Ryukus Campaign, Okinawa, 26 Mar - 2 Jul 1945, 10th Army (Buckner/Geiger/Stilwell).
XXIV Army Corps (Hodge)
- 7th Infantry Division
- 27th Infantry Division
- 77th Infantry Division
- 96th Infantry Division
- 1st Marine Division
- 2nd Marine Division
- 7th Marine Division