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Brazilian Army
Division Headquarters, 1st Expeditionary Infantry Division, Brazilian Expeditionary Force
5 December 1944
Quartel General da 1ª  Divisão de Infantaria Expedicionária
 
Commanders
Commanding General 1ª DIE:   MG João Bapstista Mascarenhas de Moraes
Division Headquarters
General Staff Section
  - Chief-of-Staff   COL  Floriano Lima Brayner
  - 1st Section Chief (Personnel)   LTC  João da Costa Braga Júnior
  - 2nd Section Chief (Intelligence and Security)     LTC  Amaury Kruel
  - 3rd Section Chief (Training and Operations)     LTC  Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
  - 4th Section Chief (Supply)   MAJ  Aguinaldo José Senna Campos
Special General Staff Section
  - Adjutant General   COL  Oswaldo de Araújo Motta
  - Engineer Section   COL  José Machado Lopes
  - Ordnance Section   LTC  Luiz Braga Mury
  - Medical Section   LTC  Dr. Gilberto Fontes Peixoto
  - Quartermaster Section   LTC  I.E. Fernando Lavaquiel Biosca
  - Finance Section   LTC  Odilon Gomes da Silva
  - Chemical Warfare   MAJ  Manuel Campos Assumpção
  - Political Section   MAJ  Raphael de Souza Aguiar
  - JAG Section   LTC (honorary)  Adalberto Barreto
  LTC (honorary)  Eugênio Carvalho do Nascimento
  - Chaplains   padre João Pheeney de Camargo e Silva
  MAJ  R/2 Reynaldo Ramos Saldanha da Gama
  Inspector General   LTC  Thales Moutinho da Costa
 
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