Index to the General Orders of the 9th Army, in WWII
This is the twenty-third 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 9th Army.* Please note that many decorations presented to members of the 9th Army may have been cited in General Orders of other commands. Many awards of the Purple Heart Medal are missing as they were cited in the General Orders of the hospitals that the men were evacuated to. 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. I have made no attempt to list the Unit Awards, awards of specific Battle Stars, and Good Conduct Medals.
How to read the sources: (GO#46,1945,9Army) is broken down as “GO” (General Order), “#” (Number 46, 1945), “9Army” (9th Army).
* The following general orders are missing from the 9th Army’s file at the National Archives:
(GO#1,1945,9Army) (GO#2,1945,9Army) (GO#3,1945,9Army) (GO#319,1945,9Army)
The last general order present in the files at the National Archives is General Order #322 of the 1945 series, which is dated September 28, 1945. The 9th Army was deactivated on October 10, 1945. At this time I do not know if there are General Order numbered beyond number 322 issued between September 28th and October 10, 1945.
Anyone with copies of any of the missing General Orders is encouraged to contact the author.
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 249
Silver Star Medals 57
Soldier’s Medals 107
Legion of Merit 24
Bronze Star Medals 2,067
Air Medals 127
Purple Heart Medals 27
Total Awards 2,658
This book has 54 pages
ISBN 978-1-932891-07-2
ISBN 1-932891-07-2
Library of Congress
Control Number
2004-273407
9th 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
Northern France
Rhineland
Central Europe