20th Armored Division
Organizational Highlights
1. Key Events.
Activated Camp Campbell, Kentucky 15 Mar 43
Staged Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 21 Jan 45
Departed Boston Port of Embarkation 6 Feb 45
Arrived France 17 Feb 45
Entered Germany 3 Apr 45
Arrived New York Port of Embarkation 6 Aug 45
Arrived Camp Cooke, California 13 Aug 45
Transferred Camp Hood, Texas 8 Mar 46
Inactivated Camp Hood, Texas 2 Apr 46
2. Organization, 1944-45.
9th Tank Battalion
20th Tank Battalion
27th Tank Battalion
8th Armored Infantry Battalion
65th Armored Infantry Battalion
70th Armored Infantry Battalion
HHB, Division Artillery
412th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
413th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
414th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
520th CIC Detachment
HHC, 20th Armored Division
HHC, Combat Command A
HHC, Combat Command B
Hqs, Reserve Command
HHC, Division Trains
220th Medical Battalion, Armored
138th Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
468th AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion (attached 4 Apr-3 Jul 45)*
3. Division Commanders
Major General Stephen G. Henry February 1943
Major General Roderick R. Allen October 1943
Major General Orlando Ward September 1944
Major General John W. Leonard September 1944
4. Overseas Wartime Assignments
Fifteenth Army 29 Jan 45
XXII Corps 3 Apr 45
First Army (attached) 7 Apr 45
First Army 12 Apr 45
III Corps 19 Apr 45
XV Corps 23 Apr 45
5. Campaign
Central Europe
SOURCE: Stanton, Shelby L., Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II.
Novato: Presidio Press, 1984.
*Other units believed to be attached, period (s) unknown, were HHC
6th Army Group, 366th QM Truck Company and 660th QM Truck Company.
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