My dad was in the 9th Division, 47th Infantry in WWII. I am trying to map his travels through Europe after landing on Utah Beach, June 1944. His name at the time was Pete Puhar, Tech 5. During that time, he was awarded the Silver Star.

ChristieParrClark 

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The Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR) has custody of the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917- (Record Group 407) and the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Record Group 338). Military unit files among these records consist mostly of historical reports, after action reports, unit journals, and general orders. They do not include personnel or medical information. We do not have a name index to these records. Within Record Group 407 Entry NM-3 427 - World War II Operations Reports, 1940–1948 records of the 47th Infantry Regiment are located in boxes 6490-6507. Information found in these records may help you to map the 47th Infantry Regiment through Europe.

We will be happy to make the records and their finding aids available to you or your representative in the Textual Research Room (Room 2000) here at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. For information about visiting, including how to schedule a visit, please see our website at https://www.archives.gov/college-park.

If you have not already done so we suggest that you request a copy of your father's Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for individuals who served with the U.S. Army who were separated from the service after October 1912 and before 1960 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. In many cases where personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. Please complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. Veterans and next of kin of deceased veterans also may use eVetRecs to request records. See eVetRecs Help for instructions. If there is any information requested by the form that you do not know, you may omit it or provide estimates (such as for dates), but the more information you provide, the easier it will be to locate the correct file if it survived the fire. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests. 

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Hello,

Here is a basic outline of your dad’s unit’s locations/movements during the war:

Source: Stanton, Shelby “World War II Order of Battle” Various editions.

A book that might provide more detailed information on this topic, if you haven’t seen it already, is:

”Raiders,” which is an official 47th INF book, published soon after the war. It appears to cover from the unit’s initial training at Fort Bragg to the occupation of Germany. There are used hard copies available and  pdf versions.

Dan

Hello Peter My dad was a Tech 5 too a cook. same division and Infantry. I am researching his travels also. he was in the headquarters company. Went all the way from Utah beach to Germany Came home in Dec 1946. I have gotten alot of information from the 9thdivision.net web site. Also, have friends helping.