Allied unit Symbols of D-Day
Original Invasion Orders
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS —ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven
these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers
of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave
Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction
of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed
peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped
and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.
But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41.
The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle,
man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air
and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an
overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal
great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of
the world are marching together to Victory!
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle.
We will accept nothing less than full Victory!
Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great
and noble undertaking.
-DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
357th Infantry Regiment
358th Infantry Regiment
359th Infantry Regiment
90th Reconnaissance Troop
315th Engineer Combat Battalion
315th Medical Battalion
343rd Field Artillery Battalion
344th Field Artillery Battalion
345th Field Artillery Battalion
915th Field Artillery Battalion
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
325th Glider Infantry Regiment
82nd Parachute Maintenance Battalion
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion
80th Airborne AA Battalion
3 19th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
327th Glider Infantry Regiment
401st Glider Infantry Regiment
101st Parachute Maintenance Battalion
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion
326th Airborne Medical Company
81st Airborne AA Battalion
32 1st Glider Field Artillery Battalion
907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
Note:"The 463rd Parachute Field Artillery was not present in operation Overlord on D-Day but they stayed in Italy. The 463 came out of the split of the 456th PFA / 82nd Airborne." per Filip Willems, Official site of the 463rd PFA
Attachments
70th Tank Battalion -
65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
United States Navy
Battleships
USS Arkansas
USS Texas
USS Nevada
Cruisers
USS Augusta
USS Tuscaloosa
USS Quincy
Destroyers
USS Baldwin
USS Barton
USS Butler
USS Carnick
USS Cherardi
USS Corry
USS Doyle
USS Ellyson
USS Endicott
USS Fitch
USS Forrest
USS Frankford
USS Glennon
USS Hambleton
USS Harding
USS Herndon
USS Hobson
USS Jeffers
USS Laffey
USS McCook
USS Meredith
USS Murphy
USS Nelson
USS O’Brien
USS Plunkett
USS Rodman
USS Satterlee
USS Shubrick
USS Thompson
USS Walker
Headquarters Ship
USS Ancon
Frigates
USS Boram
USS Maloy
Minesweepers
USS Auk
USS Broadbill
USS Chickadee
USS Nuthatch
USS Pheasant
Patrol Craft
USS Staff
USS Swift
USS Threat
USS Tide
PT-1176
PT-1225
PT-1232
PT-1233
PT-1252
PT-1261
PT-1262
PT-1263
PT-484
PT-552
PT-564
PT-565
PT-567
PT-568
PT-617
PT-6 18
PT-619
Other Vessels 4,126 Landing Ships/Craft
736 Ancillary Ships/Craft
864 Merchant Ships
This came from FLAK NEWS -Vol.11 No.2