Hi Dwight, welcome to the forum. I`m not sure where the 179th ECR was on 18, Aug. I found out they had landed at Normandy about 5, Aug on Omaha beach then thru St Merglise (sp?) as part of the followup troops after D-Day. They were assigned to XX Corp, Third Army under Gen. Patton, that came into existance at noon 1, Aug 1944 in Normandy, XX Corp was created from part of VIII Corp, 1st Army and followup troops from England. Third Army held the front on the Loire river on 12 Aug and crossed the Seine around 25 Aug. The major action at the time was fighting around the Falaise Pocket. The 179thECR was a Corp unit so it wouldnt have been with any particular Division all the time.
Also, you can get a contact for the 179th at the Normandy Allies website:
http://72.29.90.43/~normand/modules.php?na...wpage&pid=7
Larry