Order of Battle - 99th Inf Div 1944

Activated November 15 1942 at Camp Van Dorn Missouri, the 99th Infantry Division moved on September 16 1943 for the Third Army N°-4 Louisiana Manoeuvres.
Moved again to Camp Maxey Texas on November 19 1943 then staged at Camp Myles Standish Massachusetts from September 13 1944 until departed Boston Port of Embarkation for England and arrived October 10 1944. The 99th landed in France on November 3 1944.


Commanders :
November 1942 - July 1943 : Maj Gen Thompson Lawrence
July 1943 - August 1945 : Maj Gen Walter E. Lauer
August 1945 : Brig Gen Frederick H. Black.

Casualties :
Killed in Action : 993 - Wounded in Action : 4.177 - Died of Wounds : 141

99th Infantry Division : Order of Battle 1944
393rd Infantry Regiment
394th Infantry Regiment
395th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters & Headquarter Battery Division Artillery
370th Field Artillery Battalion (105 MM)
371st Field Artillery Battalion (105 MM)
372nd Field Artillery Battalion (155 MM)
924th Field Artillery Battalion (105 MM)
324th Engineer Combat Battalion
324th Medical Company
99th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
Headquarters, Special troops
Headquarters Company 99th Infantry Division
Military Police Platoon
799th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
99th Quartermaster Company
99th Signal Corps Company
750th Tank Battalion (att 28-01-1945 - 05-02-1945)
786th Tank Battalion (att 23-02-1945 - 09-05-1945)
629th Tank Destroyer Battalion (att 22-02-1945 - 09-05-1945)
644th Tank Destroyer Battalion (att 28-01-1945 - 08-02-1945)
801st Tank Destroyer Battalion (att 09-11-1944 - 03-02-1945)
814th Tank Destroyer Battalion (att 08-02-1945 - 13-02-1945)
817th Tank Destroyer Battalion (att 13-02-1945 - 22-02-1945)
535th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (att 11-12-1944 - 09-05-1945)

99th Infantry Division Combat Narrative

The division landed at Le Havre France on November 3 1944 and assembled at Aubel Belgium, and entered the line north of the Roer River between Schmidt and Monschau November 9 1944. After a period of defensive patrolling, the division attacked toward the Roer and Urft Dams December 13 1944 against heavy resistance from the West Wall.
On December 16 the German Ardennes Counteroffensive hit the division which initially held at Hofen but gave ground to the south. The division was partially surrounded and suffered heavy losses as it retreated to new defensive positions before Elsenborn Ridge on December 19. The next day German forces temporarily breached the lines west of Wirtzfeld, but the division reestablished its front.
From December 21 1944 to January 29 1945 the division was rebuilt on the front and maintained defensive positions. It attacked with the 393rd Inf into the Elsenbuchel Woods east of Elsenborn on January 30 1945 and gained its objectives in the Monschau Forest February 1 1945. It was then withdrawn into reserve except for the 395th Inf which was detached to assist the 1st Inf Div in the West Wall near Hellenthal February 3 to 5 1945.
On February 5 1945 the division relieved the 1st Inf Div, but on February 11, was itself relieved in line and moved to Waimes Belgium for rehabilitation.
On February 20 1945 it moved to the Aubel and Clermont areas.
The division attacked again, reinforced by the 4th Cavalry Group, on March 2 1945 with the 393rd Inf as it crossed the Erft River at Glesch and took Neurath. The detached 395th Inf meanwhile assisted the 3rd Armored Division at Pfaffendorf Bridgehead March 1 to 3. The division sped along the Erft on a broad front and reached the Rhine at Grimlinghausen March 5, the 395th Inf capturing Udesheim the next day.
On March 8 1945 the division was relieved and moved to Stadt-Meckenheim area March 9 1945. It crossed the Rhine at Remagen March 10 - 11 and took over the southern flank of the bridgehead, withstanding counterattacks and expanding it through the Honnigen Wald into Honnigen which fell to the 394th Inf after heavy combat by March 16. The 395th Inf reached the Wied River March 17 and the division made limited attacks to improve positions.

The 393rd and 395th Inf attacked across the Wied River March 22 and advanced past Kurtscheid the next clay, cutting the Koln - Frankfurt Highway near Willroth on March 25 as the 394th Inf crossed the Wied also. Driving east behind the 9th Armored Division, the 393rd Inf cleared to the Dill River line northwest of Wetzlar and relieved the armor of crossing in the Asslar - Hermannstein region on March 28 Mar. The following day the 394th lnf relieved the 7th Armored Division at Giessen. The division was relieved at Wetzlar March 30 Mar 1945 and deployed to the Gemuenden area on April 1 1945. On April 4 it relieved the 9th Infantry Division in the Schwarzenau area.

The division began its attack on the Ruhr Pocket with the 393rd and 394th Inf in assault on April 5, taking Wingeshausen the next day as it cleared resistance bypassed by the 7th Armd Div.
On April 9 1945 the division crossed the Lenne River and the 394th Inf secured Bracht and the 395th Inf cleared the Saalhausen - Langener sector. By April 16 all resistance in the eastern portion of the Ruhr Pocket collapsed as the Iserlohn garrison surrendered to the division. It then started toward its assembly area at Trossenfurt, northwest of Bamberg, and relieved the 42nd Infantry Division of responsibility for Fuerth on April 21 1945.
The division attacked again on April 23 as the 394th and 395th Inf followed in the wake of the 14th Armored Division to advance to the Allersberg - Holpoltstein line by the end of the day. Against heavy opposition, it reached the Altmuhr River at Dietfurt and Kinding April 25 and then pushed rapidly to the Danube from the Altmuhl Bridgeheads the following day. The 393rd Inf assaulted across the Danube River on April 27 at Eining, followed that same day by the 395th Inf which was repulsed in the Neustadt area.
After sharp combat the bridgehead was expanded and the division then advanced to the Isar River against little or no resistance. On April 30 and May 1 1945 the division crossed the Isar with the 393rd Inf at Landshut and the 395th Inf in the Moosburg area to cover bridging ope rations of the 14th Armd Div. The division then continued its advance without opposition to the Inn River and Giesenhausen when hostilities were declared ended on May 7 1945.