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19th Division (World War I): Organized in 1918 as a regular army and national army division for World War I, the 19th Division did not go overseas and demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa. [1] 19th Infantry Division: a "phantom" division in World War II. During the Second World War the division remained inactive. However, it saw ...
The 1st through 25th Infantry Divisions, excepting the 10th Mountain Division, were raised in the Regular Army or the Army of the United States prior to American involvement in World War II. Because of funding cuts, in September 1921, the 4th through 9th Infantry Divisions were mostly inactivated.
In honor of their World War II service, the 9th was officially nicknamed the "Phantom Division." The 9th Armored Division was cited for extraordinary heroism and gallantry in combat in the vicinity of Waldbillig and Savelborn, Luxembourg from 16–22 December 1944 during which they repulsed constant and determined attacks by an entire German ...
The Headquarters, III Armored Corps was constituted in the Army of the United States on 7 July 1942, and activated at Camp Polk, Louisiana on 20 August 1942 under the command of Major General Willis D. Crittenberger during World War II. On October 10, 1943, the Headquarters, III Armored Corps was reorganized and re-designated as Headquarters ...
The 19th Infantry took the lead role, traveling up the Spruce Fork River to Blair, WV, and dispersing the miners. Once the 19th arrived, the miners, many of whom were veterans fresh from WWI, surrendered peaceably and departed for their homes. Assigned 1922-10-17 to the Hawaiian Division, and stationed at Schofield Barracks.
A 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3-inch gun M5 towed anti-tank gun at Le Bourg St-Leonard, France during August 1944. Twenty four tank destroyer groups were formed. [6] US Army doctrine called for at least one tank destroyer group to be attached to each corps and army. [7]
An Armored group was a command and control headquarters in the United States Army equivalent to the headquarters of an armored division combat command during World War II. [1] Most armored groups served in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). Typically an armored group was attached to each American corps in the European Theater of Operations.
This is a list of formations of the United States Army during the World War II.Many of these formations still exist today, though many by different designations. Included are formations that were placed on rolls, but never organized, as well as "phantom" formations used in the Allied Operation Quicksilver deception of 1944—these are marked accordingly.