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1st Marine Provisional Brigade, 6th Marine div - 4/4/2010 10:15:05 PM

Bearcat2

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I was talking to my father in law about his unit in WW2, and how this game was accurate in depicting the units involved in Pacific war.
My problem is I can't find the units he was in, 1st Provisional brigade[assault on Guam] and the 6th Marine division, Presdential Unit citation for Okinawa with over 9,000 casualties with his company suffered 80%. His indivual regiment is listed, 22nd Marine regt, but I couldn't find the higher HQ's; any help?

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RE: 1st Marine Provisional Brigade, 6th Marine div - 4/4/2010 11:30:45 PM

Montbrun

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1st Marine Provisional Brigade was formed by III Amphibious Corps on Guadalcanal on 04/19/44 with 4th and 22nd Marines as it's nucleus. The 305th RCT of the 77th Infantry Division was attached on 07/10/44. The Brigade was V Amphibious Corps floating reserve for the Saipan assault, and landed on Guam on 07/21/44. The 305th RCT was detached and returned to it's parent division on 07/24/44. The 29th Marines was assigned to the Brigade in late August, 1944, and the unit was reorganized and redesignated 6th Marine Division 0n 09/07/44.

1st Provisional Marine Brigade
--HQ - Staff
--HQ Company
--MP Company
--Signals Company
--4th Marines
--22nd Marines
--305th RCT (07/10/44)
--1st Provisional Marine Brigade Artillery Group
--4th Amphibian Tractor Battalion + Companies A and B, 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion
--9th Defense Battalion (-)
--Brigade Trains

Source:
Rottman, Gordon, "U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle - Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War 1939-1945," Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 2002. ISBN: 0313319065

< Message edited by Brad Hunter -- 4/4/2010 11:31:14 PM >

(in reply to Bearcat2)

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