ACTIVATION AND COMBAT PARTICIPATION Division Date of Activation Combat Participation: Dec 41-Sep 44 Location 30 Sep 44 Philippine Jun 1921 [1] Philippines-Lost in combat, May 1942 (Captured) 24th Oct 1941 [2] Central Pacific, New Guinea New Guinea 25th Oct 1941 [2] Central Pacific, Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons New Caledonia 34th Feb 1941 [3] Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, No. Apennines [4] Italy Americal May 1942[5] Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons Bougainville 27th Oct 1940 [3] Western Pacific Espiritu Santo 41st Sep 1940 [3] Papua, New Guinea New Guinea 32d Oct 1940 [3] Papua, New Guinea New Guinea 5th Oct 1939 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland France 1st Armd Jul 1940 Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, No. Apennines [4] Italy 37th Oct 1940 [3] Northern Solomons Bougainville 1st May 1917 Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, No. France, Rhineland Belgium 40th Mar 1941 [3] Bismarck Archipelago New Britain 43d Feb 1941 [3] Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons, New Guinea New Guinea 29th Feb 1941 [3] Normandy, No. France, Rhineland Netherlands 3d Nov 1917 Algeria-Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, So. France, Rhineland France 2d Armd Jul 1940 Sicily, Normandy, No. France, Rhineland [4] Netherlands 9th Aug 1940 Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, No. France, Rhineland [4] Germany 36th Nov 1940 [3] Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, So. France, Rhineland France 7th Jul 1940 Aleutians, Eastern Mandates Central Pac 82d AB Mar 1942 Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Rhineland Netherlands 45th Sep 1940 [3] Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio, So. France, Rhineland France 1st Cav Sep 1921 New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago Admiralties 33d Mar 1941 [3] New Guinea New Guinea 6th Oct 1939 New Guinea New Guinea 3d Armd Aug 1941 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland Germany 101st AB Aug 1942 Normandy, Rhineland Netherlands 2d Sep 1917 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland Belgium 28th Feb 1941 [3] Normandy, No. France, Rhineland Luxembourg 8th Jul 1940 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland Luxembourg 88th Jul 1942 Rome-Arno, No. Apennines Italy 85th May 1942 Rome-Arno, No. Apennines Italy 4th Armd Apr 1941 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland France 38th Jan 1941 [3] New Guinea New Guinea 93d May 1942 New Guinea, Northern Solomons Treasury Is. 4th Jun 1940 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland Belgium 2d Cav Feb 1943 [6] (None) (Inactivated) 30th Sep 1940 [3] Normandy, No. France, Rhineland Netherlands 5th Armd Oct 1941 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland Luxembourg 6th Armd Feb 1942 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland France 31st Nov 1940 [3] New Guinea Morotai 90th Mar 1942 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland France 77th Mar 1942 Western Pacific Guam 91st Aug 1942 Rome-Arno, No. Apennines Italy 83d Aug 1942 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland Luxembourg 79th Jun 1942 Normandy, No. France, Rhineland France 98th Sep 1942 (None) Hawaii 11th AB Feb 1943 New Guinea New Guinea 35th Dec 1940 [3] Normandy, No. France, Rhineland France 7th Armd Mar 1942 No. France, Rhineland Belgium 80th Jul 1942 No. France, Rhineland France 81st Jun 1942 Western Pacific Palaus 96th Aug 1942 (None) Central Pac 94th Sep 1942 Northern France France 95th Jul 1942 Northern France France 17th AB Apr 1943 (None) U.K. 9th Armd Jul 1942 (None) France 26th Jan 1941 [3] Northern France France 104th Sep 1942 Northern France France 44th Sep 1940 [3] (None France 102d Sep 1942 (None) France 10th Armd Jul 1942 (None) France 12th Armd Sep 1942 (None) En route 84th Oct 1942 (None) En route 92d Oct 1942 [7] En route 11th Armd Aug 1942 (None) En route 99th Nov 1942 (None) En route [1] Activated in Philippines. [2] Activated in Hawaii. [3] National Guard divisions inducted into the federal service. [4] Elements of the 9th, 34th, 1st Armored and 2d Armored saw action in the Algeria-French Morocco Campaign and elements of the 2d Armored also saw action in Tunisia. [5] The Americal Division was organized and constituted in New Caledonia. [6] The 2d Cavalry Division, first activated in April 1941, was partially disbanded in July 1942, fully reactivated in February 1943, and inactivated on 10 May 1944 in North Africa. [7] The 370th Regimental Combat Team of the 92d Division arrived in Italy in August and was participating in the Rome-Arno and the Northern Apennines Campaigns as of 30 September 1944. Source: US Army in World War II: Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare 1943-1944 by Maurice Matloff. Department of the Army. 1959. p. 553-554. Back to War Lore: The List Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by Russ Lockwood. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com