Carolina Maneuvers

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The Carolina Maneuvers were a series of United States Army exercises held around the border of North Carolina and South Carolina in 1941. The exercises, which involved some 350,000 troops, were designed to evaluate United States training, logistics, doctrine, and commanders. [1]

Contents

Order of battle

Source: [2]

Carolinas Phase I

Red Force

Blue Force

  • 1st Army.svg First Army (Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum)
    • First Army's antitank force consisted of six regimental-sized antitank units:
      • GHQ-X (released to II Corps)
      • GHQ-Y (released to VI Corps)
      • GHQ-Z (released to I Corps)
      • Tank Attacker-1
      • Tank Attacker-2
      • Tank Attacker-3
    • 191st Tank Battalion
    • AB-1 (Anti-airborne task force to protect the First Army's rear areas from enemy paratroopers)
    • 1st Infantry Division SSI (1918-2015).svg 1st Division (Major General Donald C. Cubbison) (released to VI Corps)
    • 9th Infantry Division patch.svg 9th Division (Brigadier General Rene Edward De Russy Hoyle)
    • U.S. I Corps CSIB.svg I Corps (Major General Charles F. Thompson)
      • 102CavRegtCOA.jpg 102nd Cavalry Regiment (Horse-Mechanized)
      • 8th Infantry Division patch.svg 8th Division (Major General James P. Marley)
      • 30th Infantry Division SSI.svg 30th Division (Major General Henry D. Russell)
    • II Corps.patch.gif II Corps (Major General Lloyd R. Fredendall)
      • Coat of arms of the U.S. 104th Cavalry Regiment (with external ornament).svg 104th Cavalry Regiment (Horse-Mechanized)
      • 28th Infantry Division SSI.svg 28th Division (Major General Edward Martin)
      • 29th Infantry Division SSI.svg 29th Division (Major General Milton A. Reckord) (released to VI Corps)
      • 44 INF DIV SSI.svg 44th Division (Brigadier General James I. Muir)
    • US VI Corps SSI.png VI Corps (Major General Karl Truesdell)
      • 101CavRegtCOA.jpg 101st Cavalry Regiment (Horse-Mechanized)
      • Yankee Division.svg 26th Division (Major General Roger W. Eckfeldt)
    • 1st Air Support Command (Colonel William E. Kepner)

Carolinas Phase II

Red Force

Blue Force

  • 1st Army.svg First Army (Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum)
    • First Army's Anti-Tank force consist of six regimental-size antitank units
      • GHQ-X (released to II Corps)
      • GHQ-Y (released to VI Corps)
      • GHQ-Z (released to I Corps)
      • Tank Attacker-1 (released to VI Corps)
      • Tank Attacker-2 (released to I Corps)
      • Tank Attacker-3
    • 191st Tank Battalion
    • AB-1 (Anti-Airborne Task Force to protect the First Army's rear areas from Paratroopers)
    • 1st Infantry Division SSI (1918-2015).svg 1st Division (Major General Donald C. Cubbison) (released to VI Corps)
    • 8th Infantry Division patch.svg 8th Division (Major General James P. Marley) (released to I Corps)
    • 502nd Parachute Battalion
    • U.S. I Corps CSIB.svg I Corps (Major General Charles F. Thompson)
      • 102CavRegtCOA.jpg 102nd Cavalry Regiment (horse-mechanized)
      • 30th Infantry Division SSI.svg 30th Division (Major General Henry D. Russell)
    • II Corps.patch.gif II Corps (Major General Lloyd R. Fredendall)
    • US VI Corps SSI.png VI Corps (Major General Karl Truesdell)
    • 1st Air Support Command (Colonel William E. Kepner)
      • 3d Bombardment Group
      • 17th Bombardment Group
      • 6th Pursuit Wing

References

  1. ↑ "NC WWII Experience: Carolina Maneuvers". University of North Carolina. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Gabel, Christopher (1991). The U.S. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941 (PDF). Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p. 199-202. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2015.


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