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GENERAL
ORDERS
No.
103
WAR
DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
25,
D.
0C.
13
November
1945
UNITS
ENTITLED
TO
BATTLE
CREDITS
NORTHERN
FRANCE. 1.
Announcement
is
made
of
units awarded battle
participation
credit
under
the provisions
of
paragraph
21b
(2),
A R
260-10,
25
October
1944,
in
the Northern France
campaign.
a.
Combat
zone.--European
Theater
of
Operations, exclusive
of
the land
areas
of
the
United
Kingdom
and Iceland.
b
Time
limitation.-25
July
to
14
September
1944.
2.
When
entering individual
credit
on officers'
qualification
cards
(WD
AGO
Forms
66-1
and
-66-2)
or
in
the
service record
of
enlisted
personnel (WD
AGO
Form
24),
this
general orders
may
be
cited as
authority
for such
entries for
per.sonnel
who
were
present for duty
as
a
member of or
attached
to
a
unit
listed
atS
some
time
during
the limiting dates
of
the
campaign.
Only one
credit
may be
accorded
for
the
Northern
France
campaign,
regardless
of
the number
of
engage-
ments outside the
campaign
areas.
NORTHERN FR NCE
1st
Auxiliary
Surgical
Group.
1st Bombardment Division, Headquar-
ters
and
Headquarters
Squadron.
1st
Coast
Artillery
Port
and
Supply
Headquarters.
1st
Combat
Bombardment
Wing, Head-
quarters.
1st
Counter
Intelligence
Corps
Detach-ment.
1st
European Civilian
Affairs Regiment.
1st Engineer
Special
Brigade.1st
Fighter
Group.
1st
Finance Disbursing
Section.1st Group
Regulation
Station.
1st
Infantry
Division.
.
1st
Intransit
Depot
Group,
Headquar-ters.
1st
Medical
Supply
Platoon.
1st
Medical Depot
Supply
Company.
1st
Motor
Transport
Platoon.
1st
Photo
Technical
Unit.
1st
Photographic
interpreter
Team.
1st
Prisoner
of
War
Interrogator
Team.
1st
Quartermaster
Battalion,
Head-
quarters
and
Headquarters
Detach-
ment.
1st
Signal
Radar
Maintenance
Unit.
1st
Special Service
Company.
1st
Tank Destroyer
Brigade,
Headquar
ters
and
Headquarters
Company.1st Tank
Destroyer
Group,
Headquar-ters
and
Headquarters
Company.
1st United
States
Army,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Company, Special'Troop.
2d
Antiaircraft
Artillery
Group,
Head-
quarters
and
Headquarters
Battery.
2d
Air
Depot Group,
Headquarters
and
Headquarten
Squadron.
2d
Armored Division.
2d
Bombardment
Division
(H),
Head-
quarters
and
Headquarters
Squad-
ron.
2d
Bombardment
Group.2d
Cavalry
Group,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Troop.
2d
Cavalry
Reconnaissance Squadron.
2d
Counter Intelligence
Corps
Detach-ment.
2d Combat
Bomb
Wing,
Headquarters.
2d
Evacuation Hospital.
2d
European
Civilian Affairs Regiment.
2d
Field
Artillery
Battalion
(155-mm
-Howitzer).
2d
Field
Artillery
Battalion
(155-mm
Howitzer.
Tractor-Drawn).
2d
Finance
Disbursing
Section.
 2d
General
Hospital.
2d
Hostile Regiment
Section.
2d
Infantry
Division.
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2d
Information
and
History
Service
(formerly
the
6819th
Information
and
History
Service)
(Provisional).
2d
Mobile
Radio
Broadcasting
Com-.
pany,
72d
Public
Service
Battalion.
2d
MedicalDetachment,
Museum
and
Medical
Arts
Service.
2d
Military
Railway
Service.
Headquar-
ters
and
Headquarters
Company.
2d
Ordnance
Battalion. Headquarters
Detachment
and Medical
Detachment.
2d
Ordnance- (Medium) Maintenance
Company.
2d
Ordnance
Bomb
Disposal
Squad.
2d
Port
Intransit
Depot
Squadron.
2d
Postal Regulation
Section.
2d
Prisoner
of
War
Interrogator
Team.
2d
Quartermaster Battalion
(M)
Head-
quarters
and
Headquarters
Detach-ment.
2d
Ranger
Infantry
Battalion.
2d
Signal
Battalion.
2d
Signal Center Team.
2d
Signal
Radar Maintenance.Unit.
2d
Special Service
Company.
o
2d
Tactical
Air Communications
Squad-
ron.
2d
Tank
Destroyer
Group,
Headquar-
ters
and
Headquarters
Company.,
2d
Veterinary
Detachment.
3d
Armored Division.
3d
Armored Group,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Company.
3d
Auxiliary
Surgical
Group.
3d
Bombardment Division,
Headquar-
ters.
3d
Cavalry
Group,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Troops.
3d
Cavalry
Reconnaissance Squadron.
III
Corps,
Headquarters
and Headquar-
ters
Company.
3d
European
Civilian
Affairs
Regiment.
3d
Group
Regulation
Station.
3d
Field Artillery
Observation
Bat-talion.
3d
Information
aid
History
Service.
3d
Infantry
Regimnent.
3d
Military
Police
Counter IntelligenceDetachment.
3d
Mobile
Radio
Broadcasting
Com
pany.
3d
Ordnance
Bomb
Disposal Squad.
3d
Port
Intransit
Depot
Squadron.,
3d
Prisoner
of
War
Interrogator
reain.
3d
Quartermaster
Battalion,
Hea(
Tu
-
r
ters
and
Headquarters
Detachment.
3d
Radio
Squadron.
3d
Replacement
Depot,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Company.
3d
Signal Center
Team.
3d
Special
Service Company.
3d
Tank Destroyer
Group,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Company.
Third
United
States
Army,
Headquar-
ters
and
Headquqrters
Company.
Third
United
States
Army,
Headquar-
ters
Special Troops.
4th
Armored Division.
4th
Auxiliary Surgical
Group.
4th
Auxiliary Surgica:
Group
W.
12th
and
15th
Surgical Teams
attached.
4th
Cavalry
Group
(Mechanized). Head-
quarters
and
Headquarters
Troops.
4th Cavalry
Reconnp
issance ,Squadron(Mechanized).
4th
Coast
Artillery
Unit.4th
Counter
IntelligenceCorps
Detach-
ment..4th Combat
Bombardment
Wing,
Head-
quarters.
4th Convalescent
Hospital.
4th Finance Disbursing
Section.4th
Fighter
Group.
4th
General
Dispensary.
4th
Infantry
Division.4th
Information
and
History
Service.
4th Mnchine
Records
Unit
(Type
Y)
(M).
4th
Military
Police Counter
Intelligence
Section.
4th
Port,
Headquarters
and Headquar-
ters
Company.4th
Post
Intransit
Depot Squadron.
4th
Prisoner
of
War
Interrogator
Tea
ii.
4th
Quartermaster
Battalion,
Head-
quarters
and
Headquarters
Detachment.
4th Signal Center Liaison
Team.
4th
Special Service
Company.
4th T
a
c
t
i
c
a
1
Air CommunicationsSquadron.
4th
Tank Destroyer
Group,
Headquar-
ters
and
Headquarters
Company.
5th Armored Division.
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5th
Auxiliary
Surgical
Group.
5th
Counter Intelligence
Corps
Detach-
ment.
V
Corps,
Headquarters
and
Headquar-
ters
Company.
V
Corps
Artillery,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters Battery.
5th Evacuation Hospital.
5th
Engineer
Special
Brigade.
5th
Field
Artillery
Group,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters Battery.
5th
Finance
Disbursing
Section.
5th General
Hospital.
5th
Infantry
Division.
.
5th Machine
Records
Unit
(Type
Y).
5th
Military
Police
Counter
Intelligence
Section.
5th Ordnance
Bomb
Disposal Squad.
5th Photo
Group,
Reconnaissance.
5th
Port,
Headquarters
and Headquar-
ters
Company.
5th Ranger
Infantry
Battalion.
5th Tank Destroyer
Group,
Headquar-
ters
and
Headquarters
Company.
6th
Airdrome Squadron.
6th
Air Service
Squadron.
6th Armored
Division.6th Armored
Group,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Company.6th
Cavalry
Group,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Troop.6th
Cavalry Reconnaissance
Squadron.6th Convalescent
Hospital.
6th
Engineer
Special.
Brigade.
.
6th Finance Disbursing
Section.
6th Guardhouse
Overhead
Detachment.
6th Military
Police
Counter IntelligenceDetachment.
6th Ordnance
Battalion,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Detachment.6th
Ordnance
Bomb
Disposal
Squad.
6th Ordnance (Medium)
Maintenance
Company.
6th
Prisoner
of
War
Interrogator
Team.
6th
Quartermaster Battalion,
Head-
quarters
and
Headquarters
Detach-ment.6th
Signal Center
Liaison
Team.
6th Tactical
Air Communications
Squad-
ron.
6th
Tank Destroyer
Group,
Headquar-
ters
and
Headquarters
Company.7th
Antiaircraft
Artillery
Group,
Head-
quarters
and
Headquarters Battery.
7th
Air
Depot
Group,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Squadron.7th Armored
Division.
7th Armored
Group.
Headquarters andHeadquarters
Company.
7th Coast
Artillery
Unit.7th
Chemical Depot
Company.
7th
Convalescent
Hospital.
VII
Corps,
Headquarters
and
Headquar-
ters
Company.
VII
Corps
Artillery,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters Battery.
7th
Depot
Repair
Squadron.7th
Depot Supply
Squadron.
7th
Field
Artillery
Observation
Bat-talion.
7th
Field Hospital.
7th
Finance
Disbursing
Section.
7th General
Dispensary.
7th Medical
Laboratory
(A).
7th
Ordnance
3omb
Disposal Squadron.7th Ordnance
(Medium)
Maintenance
Company.
7th
Photo
Group,
Reconnaissance.
7th Prisoner
of
War
Interrogator
Team.
7th Signal
Center
Liaison
Team.
7th
Tank Destroyer
Group,
Headquar-
ters
and
Headquarters
Company.
8th
Armored
Group,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters
Company.
8th
Combat
Camera
Unit.
8th
Convalescent
Hospital.
VIII
Corps,
Headquarters
and
Head-
quarters
Company.
VIII
Corps
Artillery,
Headquarters
and
Headquarters Battery.
8th
Counter Intelligence
Corps
Detach-
ment.8th
Field Artillery Observation
Bat-
talion.
8th
Field Hospital.
VIII Fighter
Command.
8th Finance Disbursing
Section.
8th
Infantry
Division.
8th
Ordnance
Bombardment DisposalSquadron.
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