Description
341st Infantry Regiment
86th Infantry Division — “The Black Hawk Division”
Pictorial Review — World War II
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Message from the Commanding General
To: The Men of the 86th Infantry Division
Harris M. Melasky
Major General, U.S. Army — Commanding
Division Leadership
Commanding Officers
Harris M. Melasky | Major General | Commanding General, 86th Infantry Division
George U. W. Pope | Brigadier General | Assistant Division Commander
Einar B. Gjelsteen | Colonel | Division Artillery Commander
Charles P. Jones | Colonel | Chief of Staff
General Staff
James R. Williams, Jr. | Lieutenant Colonel | G-1
William K. Weaver, Jr. | Lieutenant Colonel | G-2
Robert Outsen | Lieutenant Colonel | G-3
George V. Nunn | Lieutenant Colonel | G-4
Special Staff
Donald L. Durfee | Lt. Colonel | Headquarters Commandant & CO Special Troops
William L. Bolton | Lt. Colonel | Division Chaplain
Oswald Jensen | Lt. Colonel | Division Surgeon
James R. Johnstone | Lt. Colonel | Division Engineer
Cloran D. Riggle | Lt. Colonel | Inspector General
Charles J. Perry | Lt. Colonel | Adjutant General
Theodore E. Briell, Jr. | Major | Division Ordnance Officer
John V. Mills | Major | Division Signal Officer
Herbert C. Ritze | Major | Division Finance Officer
Paul B. Tonks | Major | Division Quartermaster
Nicholas R. Voorhis | Major | Division Judge Advocate
George H. Emerson | Captain | Division Special Service Officer
Irving R. Berger | Major | Division Neuro-psychiatrist
341st Infantry Regiment
Message from the Regimental Commander
H. J. Hunt, Jr.
Colonel, 341st Infantry — Commanding
Regimental Staff
Henry J. Hunt, Jr. | Colonel | Regimental Commander
Hobart A. Murphy | Lieutenant Colonel | Executive Officer
Harold A. Segall | Captain | S-1
Joseph P. Windham | Major | S-2
Jesse C. Wittlake | Captain | S-3
Charles A. Linn | Major | S-4
Albert L. Kelly | Major | Regimental Chaplain
Frank T. Burns | Captain | Regimental Motor Officer
Warren F. Callison | Captain | Regimental Communications Officer
Branson L. Chandler | Captain | Regimental Personnel Officer
John A. Tyrrell-Baxter | Captain | Regimental Chaplain
Harold R. Hubbard | Captain | Information-Education Officer
Regimental Units
Headquarters & Special Companies
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company
• Service Company
• Anti-Tank Company
• Cannon Company
First Battalion
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion
• Company A
• Company B
• Company C
• Company D
Second Battalion
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion
• Company E
• Company F
• Company G
• Company H
Third Battalion
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion
• Company I
• Company K
• Company L
• Company M
Training Program
Amphibious Training
Combat Training
Artillery
Division Support Units
311th Engineer Battalion
86th Signal Company
311th Medical Battalion
Other Division Units
• 86th Division Band
• 86th Military Police Platoon
• 86th Quartermaster Company
• 86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troops
• 786th Ordnance Company (M)
• 404th Field Artillery Battalion