WWII Divisions

Divisions Active on 7 December 1941

Component	Division	Date Activated or Inducted Into Federal Service	Location
RA	1st Infantry	*	Fort Devens, Mass.
RA	2d Infantry	*	Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
RA	3d Infantry	*	Fort Lewis, Wash.
RA	4th Infantry	1 June 1940	Fort Benning, Ga.
RA	5th Infantry	16 October 1939	Fort Custer, Mich.
RA	6th Infantry	10 October 1939	Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
RA	7th Infantry	1 July 1940	Fort Ord, Calif.
RA	8th Infantry	1 July 1940	Fort Jackson, S.C.
RA	9th Infantry	1 August 1940	Fort Bragg, N.C.
RA	24th Infantry	*	Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
AUS	25th Infantry	1 October 1941	Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
NG	26th Infantry	16 January 1941	Camp Edwards, Mass.
NG	27th Infantry	15 October 1940	Fort McClellan, Ala.
NG	28th Infantry	17 February 1941	@Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pa.
NG	29th Infantry	3 February1941	@Fort George G. Meade, Md.
NG	30th Infantry	16 September 1940	Fort Jackson, S.C.
NG	31st Infantry	25 November 1940	Camp Blanding, Fla.
NG	32d Infantry	15 October 1940	Camp Livingston, La.
NG	33d Infantry	5 March 1940	Camp Forrest, Tenn.
NG	34th Infantry	10 February 1941	Camp Claiborne, La.
NG	35th Infantry	23 December 1940	Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark.
NG	36th Infantry	25 November 1940	Camp Bowie, Tex.
NG	37th Infantry	16 October 1940	Camp Shelby, Miss.
NG	38th Infantry	17 January 1941	Camp Shelby, Miss.
NG	40th Infantry	3 March 1941	Fort Lewis, Wash.
NG	41st Infantry	16 September 1940	Fort Lewis, Wash.
NG	43d Infantry	24 February 1941	Camp Shelby, Miss.
NG	44th Infantry	16 September 1940	Fort Dix, N.J.
NG	45th Infantry	16 September 1940	Camp Berkeley, Tex.
RA	1st Cavalry	*	Fort Bliss, Tex.
RA	2d Cavalry	15 April 1941	Fort Riley, Kans.
RA	1st Armored	15 July 1940	Fort Knox, Ky.
RA	2d Armored	15 July 1940	Fort Benning, Ga.
RA	3d Armored	15 April 1941	Camp Beauregard, La.
RA	4th Armored	15 April 1941	Pine Camp, N.Y.
RA	5th Armored	1 October 1941	Camp Cooke, Calif.

NOTES: *Active before 1 September 1939.

@En route from maneuvers, arrived at home station 9 December 1941. Divisions Activated or Ordered

Division Brought Into Active Military Service in 1942

Component	Division	Date	Location
AUS	6th Armored	15 February	Fort Knox, Ky.
AUS	7th Armored	1 March	Camp Polk, La.
OR	77th Infantry	25 March	Fort Jackson, S.C.
OR	82d Airborne	25 March	Camp Claiborne, La.
OR	90th Infantry	25 March	Camp Berkeley, Tex.
AUS	8th Armored	1 April	Fort Knox, Ky.
OR	85th Infantry	15 May	Camp Shelby, Miss.
AUS	93d Infantry	15 May	Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
AUS	Americal	27 May	New Caledonia
OR	76th Infantry	15 June	Fort George G. Meade, Md.
OR	79th Infantry	15 June	Camp Pickett, Va.
OR	81st Infantry	15 June	Camp Rucker, Ala.
AUS	9th Armored	15 July	Fort Riley, Kans.
AUS	10th Armored	15 July	Fort Benning, Ga.
OR	80th Infantry	15 July Camp	Forrest, Tenn.
OR	88th Infantry	15 July	Camp Gruber, Okla.
OR	89th Infantry	15 July	Camp Carson, Colo.
OR	95th Infantry	15 July	Camp Swift, Tex.
AUS	11th Armored	15 August	Camp Polk, La.
OR	78th Infantry	15 August	Camp Butner, N.C.
OR	83d Infantry	15 August	Camp Atterbury, Ind.
OR	91st Infantry	15 August	Camp White, Oreg.
OR	96th Infantry	15 August	Camp Adair, Oreg.
AUS	101stAirborne	15 August	Camp Claiborne, La.
AUS	12th Armored	15 September	Camp Campbell, Ky.
OR	94th Infantry	15 September	Fort Custer, Mich.
OR	98th Infantry	15 September	Camp Breckinridge, Tenn.
OR	102d Infantry	15 September	Camp Maxey, Tex.
OR	104th Infantry	15 September	Camp Adair, Oreg.
AUS	13th Armored	15 October	Camp Beale, Calif.
OR	84th Infantry	15 October	Camp Howze, Tex.
AUS	92d Infantry	15 October	Fort McClellan, Ala.
AUS	14th Armored	15 November	Camp Chaffee, Ariz.
OR	99th Infantry	15 November	Camp Van Dorn, Miss.
OR	100th Infantry	15 November	Fort Jackson, S.C.
OR	103d Infantry	15 November	Camp Claiborne, La.
OR	86th Infantry	15 December	Camp Howze, Tex.
OR	87th Infantry	15 December	Camp McCain, Miss.

Divisions Activated in 1943

Component	Division	Date	Location
RA	2d Cavalry	25 February	Fort Clark, Tex.
AUS	11th Airborne	25 February	Camp Mackall, N.C.
OR	97th Infantry	25 February	Camp Swift, Tex.
AUS	20th Armored	15 March	Camp Campbell, Ky.
AUS	106th Infantry	15 March	Fort Jackson, S.C.
AUS	17th Airborne	15 April	Camp Mackall, N.C.
AUS	66th Infantry	15 April	Camp Blanding, Fla.
AUS	75th Infantry	15 April	Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
AUS	69th Infantry	15 May	Camp Shelby, Miss.
AUS	63d Infantry	15 June	Camp Blanding, Fla.
AUS	70th Infantry	15 June	Camp Adair, Oreg.
AUS	42d Infantry	14 July	Camp Gruber, Okla.
AUS	10th Light	15 July	Camp Hale, Colo.
AUS	16th Armored	15 July	Camp Chaffee, Ark.
AUS	71st Light	15 July	Fort Benning, Ga.
AUS	13th Airborne	13 August	Fort Bragg, N.C.
AUS	65th Infantry	16 August	Camp Shelby, Miss.

Deployment of Divisions to the Pacific Theater

Division	Date
1st Cavalry	June 1943
6th Infantry	July 1943
7th Infantry	April 1943
11th Airborne	April 1944
24th Infantry	*
25th Infantry	*
27th Infantry	March 1942
31st Infantry	February 1944
32d Infantry	April 1942
33d Infantry	June 1943
37th Infantry	May 1942
38th Infantry	December 1943
40th Infantry	August 1942
41st Infantry	March 1942
43d Infantry	September 1942
77th Infantry	March 1944
81st Infantry	June 1944
93d Infantry	January 1944
96th Infantry	July 1944
98th Infantry	April 1944
Americal	*
Philippine	#

* Unit organized outside the continental United States.

#Partially organized in 1941; surrendered in April 1942.

 Deployment of Divisions to the European Theater

Division	Date	Division	Date
1st Armored	May 1942	42d Infantry	November 1944
1st Infantry	June 1942	44th Infantry	August 1944
2d Armored	September 1942	45th Infantry	May 1943
2d Cavalry	February 1944	63d Infantry	November 1944
2d Infantry	September 1943	65th Infantry	December 1944
3d Armored	September 1943	66th Infantry	November 1944
3d Infantry	September 1942	69th Infantry	November 1944
4th Armored	December 1943	70th Infantry	November 1944
4th Infantry	January 1944	71st Infantry	January 1945
5th Armored	February 1944	75th Infantry	October 1944
5th Infantry	April 1942	76th Infantry	November 1944
6th Armored	February 1944	78th Infantry	October 1944
7th Armored	May 1944	79th Infantry	March 1944
8th Armored	October 1944	80th Infantry	June 1944
8th Infantry	November 1943	82d Airborne	April 1943
9th Armored	August 1944	83d Infantry	March 1944
9th Infantry	September 1942	84th Infantry	September 1944
10th Armored	September 1944	85th Infantry	December 1943
10th Mountain	December 1944	86th Infantry	February 1945
11th Armored	September 1944	87th Infantry	October 1944
12th Armored	September 1944	88th Infantry	November 1943
13th Airborne	January 1945	89th Infantry	January 1945
13th Armored	January 1945	90th Infantry	March 1944
14th Armored	October 1944	91st Infantry	March 1944
16th Armored	January 1945	92d Infantry	September 1944
17th Airborne	August 1944	94th Infantry	July 1944
20th Armored	January 1944	95th Infantry	July 1944
26th Infantry	August 1944	97th Infantry	February 1945
28th Infantry	September 1943	99th Infantry	September 1944
29th Infantry	September 1942	100th Infantry	September 1944
30th Infantry	January 1944	101st Airborne	August 1943
34th Infantry	January 1942	102d Infantry	September 1944
35th Infantry	May 1944	103d Infantry	September 1944
36th Infantry	April 1943	104th Infantry	August 1944
		106th Infantry	October 1944

Status of Divisions, 1 June 1946

Division	Status	Remarks
1st Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 25 April 1946
1st Cavalry	Active	Japan
1st Infantry	Active	Germany
2d Armored	Active	Fort Hood, Texas
2d Infantry	Active	Fort Lewis, Washington
3d Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 10 November 1945
3d Infantry	Active	Germany
4th Armored	Active	Reorganized as Constabulary
4th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 12 March 1946
5th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 11 October 1945
5th Infantry	Active	Camp Campbell, Kentucky
6th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 18 September 1945
6th Infantry	Active	Korea
7th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 9 October 1945
7th Infantry	Active	Korea
8th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 13 November 1945
8th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 20 November 1945
9th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 13 October 1945
9th Infantry	Active	Germany
10th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 13 October 1945
10th Mountain	Inactive	Inactivated 30 November 1945
11th Airborne	Active	Japan
11th Armored	Disbanded	Disbanded 31 August 1945
12th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 3 December 1945
13th Airborne	Inactive	Inactivated 25 February 1946
13th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 15 November 1945
14th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 16 September 1945
16th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 15 October 1945
17th Airborne	Inactive	Inactivated 14 September 1945
20th Armored	Inactive	Inactivated 2 April 1946
24th Infantry	Active	Japan
25th Infantry	Active	Japan
26th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 29 December 1945
27th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 31 December 1945
28th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 13 December 1945
29th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 17 January 1946
30th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 25 November 1945
31st Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 21 December 1945
32d Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 28 February 1946
33d Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 5 February 1946
34th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 3 November 1945
35th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 7 December 1945
36th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 15 December 1945
37th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 18 December 1945
38th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 9 November 1945

Division	Status	Remarks
40th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 7 April 1946
41st Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 31 December 1945
42d Infantry	Active	Austria
43d Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 1 November 1945
44th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 30 November 1945
45th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 7 December 1945
63d Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 27 September 1945
65th Infantry	Disbanded	Disbanded 31 August 1945
66th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 8 November 1945
69th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 18 September 1945
70th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 11 October 1945
71stlnfantry	Inactive	Inactivated 11 March 1946
75th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 14 November 1945
76th Infantry	Disbanded	Disbanded 31 August 1945
77th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 15 March 1946
78th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 22 May 1946
79th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 11 December 1945
80th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 4 January 1946
81st Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 20 January 1946
82d Airborne	Active	Fort Bragg, North Carolina
83d Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 27 March 1946
84th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 21 January 1946
85th Infantry	Disbanded	Disbanded 25 August 1945
86th Infantry	Active	Philippine Islands
87th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 21 September 1945
88th Infantry	Active	Italy
89th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 17 December 1945
90th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 27 December 1945
91st Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 1 December 1945
92d Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 15 October 1945
93d Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 3 February 1946
94th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 7 February 1946
95th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 15 October 1945
96th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 3 February 1946
97th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 31 March 1946
98th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 16 February 1946
99th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 27 September 1945
100th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 10 January 1946
10 1st Airborne	Inactive	Inactivated 30 November 1945
102d Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 12 March 1946
103d Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 20 September 1945
104th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 20 December 1945
106th Infantry	Inactive	Inactivated 2 October 1945
Americal	Inactive	Inactivated 12 December 1945

1)  The preceding charts are courtesy of the Center of Military History (Army Lineage Series), "Maneuver and Firepower"

The following combat chronicles, current as of October 1948, are reproduced from The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 510-592.