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US INFANTRY DIVISIONS
Note - only the infantry and armored units of these divisions are listed.

10th Mountain Division
Assigned Units, 1945: 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment 10th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Battle Honors: • 10th Mountain Division: - North Apennines, Po Valley. Overseas Movements: Italy 18 Jan 45 • returned to US 11 Aug 45.
34th Division ("Red Bull")
Assigned Units, 1944-1945: 133rd Infantry Regiment • 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate) (Nisei) [assigned/attached Sep 43 - Mar 44] 135th Infantry Regiment 168th Infantry Regiment 442nd Infantry Regiment (Nisei) [attached May 44 - Jul 44] 34th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Note: The 100th Infantry Battalion was first attached to the 133rd Infantry Regiment and later became an integral part of the 442nd Infantry Regiment. In both regiments, it retained the same ("100th") designator. Battle Honors: • 34th Infantry Division: - Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley. - French Croix de Guerre. - Brazilian Medalha de Guerra. • 133rd Infantry Regiment: - French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Belvedere. • 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Northern Italy. • 100th Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment: - Naples, Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno; • 135th Infantry Regiment: - French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Belvedere. • 168th Infantry Regiment: - Algeria-French Morocco. • 442nd Infantry Regiment: - Rome-Arno. • 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Belvedere. • 175th Field Artillery Battalion: - Algeria-French Morocco. • 185th Field Artillery Battalion: - Algeria-French Morocco. • 109th Engineer Combat Battalion: - Algeria-French Morocco. Overseas Movements: Northern Ireland 31 Jan 42 • North Africa 3 Jan 43, less elements which assaulted 8 Nov 42 • Italy 21 Sep 43 • returned to US 3 Nov 45.
36th Division ("Texas")
Assigned Units, 1944-1945: 141st Infantry Regiment 142nd Infantry Regiment 143rd Infantry Regiment 442nd Infantry Regiment (Nisei) [attached Oct 44 - Nov 44] 36th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Battle Honors: • 36th Infantry Division: - Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe. • 141st Infantry Regiment: - Naples-Foggia with arrowhead (amphibious assault). • 3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Salerno. • 142nd Infantry Regiment: - Naples-Foggia with arrowhead (amphibious assault). • 143rd Infantry Regiment: - Naples-Foggia with arrowhead (amphibious assault). • 442nd Infantry Regiment: - Rhineland • 3rd Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Biffontaine. • 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Biffontaine. • Medical Detachment, 442nd Infantry Regiment: - Meritorious Unit Citation, European Theater. • Service Company, 442nd Infantry Regiment: - Meritorious Unit Citation, European Theater. Overseas Movements: North Africa 13 Apr 43 • Italy 9 Sep 43 • Southern France 15 Aug 44 • Germany 23 Mar 45 • Austria 7 Mar 45 • returned to US 15 Dec 45.
45th Division ("Thunderbird")
Assigned Units, 1944-1945: 157th Infantry Regiment 179th Infantry Regiment 180th Infantry Regiment 45th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Battle Honors: • 45th Infantry Division: - Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe. - French Croix de Guerre. • 157th Infantry Regiment: - Sicily with arrowhead (amphibious assault), Naples-Foggia with arrowhead (amphibious assault); - French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Italy. • 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Anzio. • 179th Infantry Regiment: - Sicily with arrowhead (amphibious assault), Naples-Foggia with arrowhead (amphibious assault); - French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Acquafondata. • 180th Infantry Regiment: - Sicily with arrowhead (amphibious assault); - French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Acquafondata. • 120th Engineer Combat Battalion: - Northern France. Overseas Movements: North Africa 22 Jun 43 • Sicily 10 Jul 43 • Italy 10 Sep 43 • Southern France 15 Aug 44 • Germany 17 Mar 45 • returned to US 10 Sep 45.
82nd Airborne Division ("All-American")
Assigned Units, 1944-1945: 325th Glider Infantry Regiment 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Battle Honors: • 82nd Airborne Division: - Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe. • 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment: - Sicily with arrowhead (airborne assault), Anzio with arrowhead (airborne assault). • 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Anzio Beachhead. • Company K, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Salerno. • 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment: - Sicily with arrowhead (airborne assault). • 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion: - Anzio, Rome-Arno. • 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion - Rome-Arno. • 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion: - Anzio, Rome-Arno. Overseas Movements: North Africa 10 May 43 • Sicily 4 Sep 43 • Italy 13 Sep 43 • Northern Ireland 9 Dec 43 • England 14 Feb 44 • France 6 Jun 44 • Holland 17 Sep 44 • Belgium 18 Dec 44 • Germany 30 Jan 45 • returned to US 3 Jan 46.
85th Division ("Custer")
Assigned Units, 1944-1945: 337th Infantry Regiment 338th Infantry Regiment 339th Infantry Regiment 85th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Battle Honors: • 85th Infantry Division: - Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley. • Company C, 1st Battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Tremensuoli. • Company F, 2nd Battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Mount Monzano. • 338th Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Mount Altuzzo. • 339th Infantry Regiment - French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Central Italy. • Company G, 2nd Battalion, 339th Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Tremensuoli. Overseas Movements: North Africa 2 Jan 44 • Italy 27 Mar 44 • returned to US 25 Aug 45.
88th Division ("Blue Devil")
Assigned Units, 1944-1945: 349th Infantry Regiment 350th Infantry Regiment 351st Infantry Regiment 442nd Infantry Regiment (Nisei) [attached Aug 44 - Sep 44] 88th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Battle Honors: • 88th Infantry Division: - Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley; - French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Central Italy. • 2nd Battalion, 350th Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Mount Battaglia. • 2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Mount Capello Italy. • 3rd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Laiatico Italy. • 442nd Infantry Regiment: - Rome-Arno. • 339th Field Artillery Battalion: - Meritorious Unit Commendation, Italy. Overseas Movements: North Africa 15 Dec 43 • Italy 6 Feb 44
91st Division ("Powder River")
Assigned Units, 1944-1945: 361st Infantry Regiment 362nd Infantry Regiment 363rd Infantry Regiment 91st Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Battle Honors: • 91st Infantry Division: - Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley. • 2nd Battalion, 361st Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Bologna Italy. • 3rd Battalion, 361st Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Livergnano Italy. • 363rd Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Monticelli. Overseas Movements: North Africa 21 Apr 44 • Italy 19 Jun 44 • returned to US 10 Sep 45.
92nd Division ("Buffalo Soldier")
Assigned Units, 1944-1945: 365th Infantry Regiment (Training) (Colored) 370th Infantry Regiment (Colored) 371st Infantry Regiment (Security) (Colored) 366th Infantry Regiment (Separate) (Colored) [attached] 442nd Infantry Regiment (Separate) (Nisei) [attached Mar 45 - May 45] 473rd Infantry Regiment (Separate) [attached Feb 45 - May 45] 92nd Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) (Colored) Note: After Task Force 45 (see below) was disbanded, several divisional anti-aircraft units as well as an Armored Group were reorganized and activated as the 473rd Infantry Regiment (Separate). The 473rd was then attached to the 92nd Infantry Division. Battle Honors: • 92nd Infantry Division: - North Apennines, Po Valley. • 365th Infantry Regiment: - Italian Croce al Merito de Guerra, Italy. • 370th Infantry Regiment: - Rome-Arno; - Italian Croce al Merito de Guerra, Italy. • 371st Infantry Regiment: - Rome-Arno; - Italian Croce al Merito de Guerra, Italy. • 442nd Infantry Regiment: - North Apennines, Po Valley; - Presidential Unit Citation, Gothic Line. • Company F, 2nd Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Italy and France. • Company L, 3rd Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Italy and France. • 473rd Infantry Regiment: - Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley. • 598th Field Artillery Battalion: - Rome-Arno. • 317th Engineer Combat Battalion: - Rome-Arno. Overseas Movements: Italy 16 Oct 44 (370th Inf Regt Italy 1 Aug 44) • returned to US 26 Nov 45
Task Force 45 Task Force 45 was a uniquet task force of British and US antiaircraft units (remustered to infantry), Italian Partisans, Brazilians and colored American troops. Its artillery was provided by antiaircraft guns, tank and tank destroyer guns used in the indirect role, as well as captured German guns. The engineers in the force were actually Italian civilians. Attached Units, July 1944 - February 1945: The Force existed from July 1944 to February 1945, having at times between 3000 and 8000 men, attached from the following units: US Antiaircraft Artillery (AAA) Units 45th AAA Brigade, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery * 45th AAA Operations Detachment * 91st AAA Group 107th AAA Group * Battery C, 351th AAA Searchlight Battalion * 403rd AAA Gun Battalion (Mobile) * 434th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion * 435th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion * 439th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion Battery C, 450th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 536th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion * 898th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion * 900th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion * * = units of the 45th AAA Brigade when Task Force 45 was activated. US Field Artillery (FA) Units 68th Armored FA Battalion, 1st Armored Division 125th FA Battalion (105mm), 34th Infantry Division 151st FA Battalion (105mm), 34th Infantry Division 175th FA Battalion (105mm), 34th Infantry Division 185th FA Battalion (155mm), 34th Infantry Division 194th FA Group 424th FA Group Battery C, 194th FA Battalion 338th FA Battalion, 88th Infantry Division 598th FA Battalion (Colored), 92nd Infantry Division Battery C, 697th FA Battalion 910th FA Battalion, 85th Infantry Division US Infantry Units 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment 339th Infantry Regimental Combat Team, 85th Infantry Division 370th Infantry Regimental Combat Team (Colored), 92nd Infantry Division US Tank and Anti-Tank Units 2nd Armored Group, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 2nd Platoon, Company B, 13th Tank Battalion, 1st Armored Division 1st and 2nd Platoons, Company D, 13th Tank Battalion, 1st Armored Division Troop A, 81st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 1st Armored Division 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 751st Tank Battalion 755th Tank Battalion 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion British Antiaircraft (AA) Units 39th (Brit) Light AA Regiment 47th (Brit) Light AA Regiment U Troop, 167 Battery, 56 (Brit) Light AA Regiment 168 Battery, 56 (Brit) Light AA Regiment 71st Heavy (Brit) AA Regiment 73rd Heavy (Brit) AA Regiment 74th Heavy (Brit) AA Regiment 80th Heavy (Brit) AA Regiment Brazilian Units 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 1st (Braz) Infantry Division 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st (Braz) Infantry Division 3rd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st (Braz) Infantry Division 1st Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), 1st (Braz) Infantry Division
First Special Service Force
Assigned Units, 1944: 1st Special Service Regiment 2nd Special Service Regiment 3rd Special Service Regiment Battle Honors: • 1st Special Service Force: - Aleutian Islands, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland. Overseas Movements: Aleutian Islands 25 Jul 43 • returned to US 1 Sep 43 • North Africa 5 Nov 43 • Italy 19 Nov 43 • Southern France 14 Aug 44 • inactivated France 5 Dec 44.

1st Armored Division ("Old Ironsides")
Assigned Units, 1944-1945: 1st Tank Battalion 4th Tank Battalion 13th Tank Battalion 6th Armored Infantry Regiment • 6th Armored Infantry Battalion • 11th Armored Infantry Battalion • 14th Armored Infantry Battalion 81st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) Three "Commands" - Combat Command A, Combat Command B, and Reserve Command - also existed within the division, analogous to "Regimental Combat Teams". Tank, Armored Infantry, and Artillery battalions with appropriate engineer, medical, signal, and other support units were attached to these Combat Commands, but which ones and when are not recorded in my present sources. Battle Honors: • 1st Armored Division: - Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Po Valley. • 6th Armored Infantry Regiment: - Algeria-French Morocco with arrowhead (amphibious assault); - Presidential Unit Citation, Mount Porchia. • 3rd Battalion, 6th Armored Infantry Regiment: - Presidential Unit Citation, Oran Algeria. Overseas Movements: Northern Ireland 16 May 42 • England 29 Oct 42 • North Africa 22 Dec 42, less elements which assaulted 8 Nov 42 • Italy 28 Oct 43 • returned to US 24 Apr 46.
2nd Armored Division ("Hell On Wheels")
Assigned Units, 1944-1945: 41st Armored Infantry Regiment 66th Armored Regiment 67th Armored Regiment Battle Honors: • 2nd Armored Division: - Algeria-French Morocco, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe. • 41st Armored Infantry Regiment: - Algeria-French Morocco with arrowhead (amphibious assault). • 67th Armored Infantry Regiment: - Tunisia. Overseas Movements: North Africa 25 Dec 42, less elements which assaulted 8 Nov 42 • Sicily 10 Jul 43 • England 25 Nov 43 • France 7-9 Jun 44 • Belgium 2 Dec 44 • Holland 11 Sep 44 • Germany 18 Sep 44 • returned to US 29 Jan 46.

Task Force 45

US ARMORED DIVISIONS