Division Command Organization
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Eighth Armored Division Commanders
'The Thundering Herd'
Code Name: "Tornado"

Combat Command Organization, 1944-1945
As of 24 October 1944
Division Headquarters: Commanding Officer:
  Commanding General:   Maj. Gen. John M. Devine
  Chief of Staff:   Col. Charles G. Dodge
  G-1:   Lt. Col. Lawrence L. Boyd
  G-2:   Lt. Col. Emett R. White
  G-3:   Major William S. Crittenden
  G-4:   Lt. Col. Harold N. Lang
Combat Command A:   Col. Charles F. Colson
  7th Armored Infantry Battalion: Lt. Col. A. D. Poinier
  18th Tank Battalion:   Lt. Col. G. B. Goodrich
  398th Arm'd Field Artillery Battalion:   Lt. Col R. H. Dawson
Combat Command B:   Col. Edward A. Kimball
  49th Armored Infantry Battalion:   Lt. Col. M. G. Roseborough
  36th Tank Battalion:   Lt. Col. J. H. Van Houten
  399th Arm'd Field Artillery Battalion:   Lt. Col. R. M. Lilly
Combat Command R:   Col. Robert J. Wallace
  58th Armored Infantry Battalion:   Maj. George Artman
  80th Tank Battalion:   Maj. A. E. Walker
  405th Arm'd Field Artillery Battalion:   Lt. Col. William McLynn
Service Battalions: (attached by companies or smaller units to Combat Commands)
  53rd Armored Engineer Battalion:   Lt. Col. E. T. Podufaly
  78th Armored Medical Battalion:   Lt. Col. P. D. Marx
  88th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion:   Lt. Col. T. B. Harrington
  130th Armored Ordinance Battalion:   Lt. Col. I. O. Drewry. Jr.
  148th Armored Signal Company:   Capt W. C. Jackson
  508th CIC Detachment:   Lt. A. J. Stanchick
  Division Trains:   Col. Y. D. Vesely
  Division Artillery:   Col. W. H. Holt
  Military Police Platoon:   Maj. W. H. Burger
Temporarily Attached Units
  473rd AAA AW (SP) Battalion
  612th Tank Destroyer Battalion
  736th Tank Battalion
  741th Tank Battalion
  809th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Table of Organization and Equipment - (T O & E)
 12/26/09