Index to the General Orders of the 10th Army, in WWII
This is the thirtieth-first in a series of indexes of all the divisions, corps, armies and commands of the US Army during WWII. Others will be published as they are completed.
This work includes all decorations cited in the general orders of the 10th Army.* Please note that many decorations presented to members of the 10th Army may have been cited in general orders of other commands. Most awards of the Purple Heart Medal were cited in the general orders of the hospitals that the men were evacuated to, therefore are not included in the work. This index does not attempt to list all of the awards of the Bronze Star Medal that were retroactively awarded under Change 13 to Army Regulation 600-45, Department of the Army, 4 November 1947. Most awards of the CIB and CMB were made in general orders of the respective infantry regiments. I have made no attempt to list the unit awards, awards of specific Battle Stars, and Good Conduct Medals.
As is common with general orders of commands in the Asiatic-Pacific Theaters, the 10th Army did not publish the assignments of decorations recipients. The general orders only give a branch of service, which gives a clue to the recipient’s possible assignment. Entries in this work with more detailed assignment information either had partial information in the text of the citation or had the assignment typed or penciled into the margins.
For reasons unknown to myself, the 10th Army issued a series of general orders with the letter “A” suffix. During the period that the “A” suffix orders were issued, no decorations appeared in the normal series. This work also contains decorations cited in the general orders of the 10th Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery. In my experiences so far it is somewhat unusual for a staff section of a larger command to issue it’s own general orders. But the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Section did, at this time it is not know if the other sections followed suit.
*The following general order is missing from the 10th Army’s files at the National Archives:
(GO#218,1945,10Army)
* The last general order present in (GO#220,1945,10Army), which is dated October 4, 1945. The 10th Army was deactivated shortly there after. It is possible that there may be additional general orders published after General Order #220, but I find it very unlikely.
How to read the sources: (GO#220,1945,10Army) is broken down as “GO” (General Order), “#” (Number 220, 1945), “10Army” (10th Army) or “10ArmyAAA” (10th Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery).
Every effort has been made to minimize errors and misspelled names. An error may be attributable to the source document, or may have occurred while transcribing the names/units. Some of the original documents are of very poor print quality, making them difficult to decipher.
Distinguished Service Cross 38
Silver Star Medals 11
Distinguished Flying Cross 1
Soldier’s Medals 28
Bronze Star Medals 91
Air Medals 527
Purple Heart Medals 124
Total Awards 820
This book has 13 pages
ISBN 978-1-932891-40-9
ISBN 1-932891-40-4
Library of Congress Control Number 2005-272029
10th Army's WWII Order of Battle
The composition of armies during combat operations varies, almost on a daily basis. Making it difficult to construct their orders of battle other than during a short specific period of time
WWII Campaigns
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