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Brazilian Army
1st Expeditionary Infantry Division, Brazilian Expeditionary Force
5 December 1944
1ª  Divisão de Infantaria Expedicionária
 
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Commanders
1st Expeditionary Infantry Division   MG  João Baptista Mascarenhas de Moraes  
 Infantry Commander   BG  Euclydes Zenóbio da Costa
  1st Infantry Regiment Rio de Janeiro   COL  Aguinaldo Caiado de Castro
  - Assistant Regiment Commander   LTC  Samuel da Silva Pires
  - Ist Battalion   MAJ  Olivio Gondin de Uzeda
  - IInd Battalion   MAJ  Sizeno Sarmento
  - IIIrd Battalion   MAJ  Franklin Rodrigues de Moraes
  6th Infantry Regiment Caçapava   COL  João Segadas Vianna
  - Assistant Regiment Commander   LTC  João Baptista Rangel
  - Ist Battalion   MAJ  João Carlos Gross
  - IInd Battalion   MAJ  Abilio Cunha Pontes
  - IIIrd Battalion   MAJ  Silvino Castor da Nóbrega
  11th Infantry Regiment Säo Joäo Del Rei     COL  Delmiro Pereira de Andrade
  - Assistant Regiment Commander   LTC  Mário Tasso Sayão Cardoso
  - Ist Battalion   MAJ  Jacy Guimarães
  - IInd Battalion   MAJ  Orlando Gomes Ramagem
  - IIIrd Battalion   MAJ  Cândido Alves da Silva
  Divisional Artillery Commadner   BG  Oswaldo Cordeiro de Farias
  - Chief-of Staff   COL  Emilio Rodrigues Ribas Junior
  - 1st Section Chief (Personnel)   MAJ  João Manoel Lebrão
  - 2nd Section Chief (Intelligence and Security)   MAJ  Antonio de Mendonça Molina
  - 3rd Section Chief (Training and Operations)     COL  Nestor Penha Brasil
  - 4th Section Chief (Supply)   LTC  Affonso Henrique de Miranda Corrêa
  - Ist Battalion   LTC  Waldemar Levy
  - IInd Battalion   COL  Geraldo da Camino
  - IIIrd Battalion   COL  José de Souza Carvalho
  - IVth Battalion   LTC  Hugo Panasco Alvim
  - 1st Liaison and Observation Squadron     CPT  Aviador João Affonso Fabrício Belloc
  9th Combat Engineer Battalion   COL  José Machado Lopes
  1st Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop   CPT  Flávio Franco Ferreira
  1st Medical Battalion   LTC  médico Bonifácio Antonio Borba
  Special Troops, 1st Infantry Diviison   LTC  Armando de Moraes Âncora
  - 1st Maintenance Company   CPT  Gilberto Pessanha
  - 1st Quartermaster Company   CPT  I.E. Victor Felicetti
  - 1st Signal Company   CPT  Mario da Silva Miranda
  - 1st Military Police Platoon   1LT  José Sabino Monteiro  
  - 1st Graves Platoon   1LT  I.E. Lafayette Vargas Moreira Brasiliano  
  Division Depot   MAJ  Zacarias Xavier Muller
 
Return to Previous Page Abbreviations and Terms Used Brazilian Ranks
Infantry Regiment Infantry Regiment Infantry Regiment Division Artillery Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop Engineer Combat Battalion Medical Battalion Special Troops Division Headquarters