WWII army units - NO CO J
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I was in another forum and someone was asking about COMPANY names in WWII. I threw in the fact that there was NO COMPANY J in WWII. Did ya know that.? They wanted to avoid confusion because the letter "I" looks too much like the letter "J", so they actually skipped it.

 

Here's more info on that:

 

The infantry regiment was organized with three battalions, twelve lettered companies (A-M, skipping J), an Infantry Cannon Company (first equipped with two halftrack-mounted 105mm howitzers and six halftrack-mounted 75mm howitzers or guns, and later with a towed short-barrelled 105mm howitzer), an Antitank (AT) Company (initially with twelve 37mm and later nine 57mm AT guns), and a Service Company. The fourth company in each battalion (D, H, M) were heavy weapons companies with sustained fire heavy machine guns and mortars. The regiment and each battalion also had a H&H Company. The regimental H&H Company included a Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, the battalion H&H company included an Amunition and Pioneer (A&P, responsible for light engineering duties and for transporting ammunition forward to the line companies) Platoon and an AT Platoon (initially with four 37mm and later with 3 57mm AT guns).

 

If you want to read the entire article on army units during WWII, this is a good one:

 

Army Units in WWII

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WWII army units - NO CO J - by Walt's Daughter - 01-03-2005, 10:09 AM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by Walt's Daughter - 01-12-2005, 04:43 PM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by pdhinkle - 05-30-2005, 11:21 AM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by Walt's Daughter - 05-30-2005, 11:37 AM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by Cadetat6 - 05-30-2005, 12:52 PM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by j3rdinf - 05-30-2005, 02:30 PM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by Custermen - 06-13-2005, 12:27 PM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by pdhinkle - 06-23-2005, 04:33 PM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by James Pickering - 06-23-2005, 06:18 PM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by Walt's Daughter - 06-23-2005, 07:50 PM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by CaptO - 03-10-2011, 04:01 PM
WWII army units - NO CO J - by Walt's Daughter - 03-10-2011, 04:35 PM

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