Order of Battle
Units of the 17th Airborne Division during World War II included:
- Division Headquarters
- 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment (disbanded 1 March 1945)
- 194th Glider Infantry Regiment
- 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (attached 27 August 1944 to 1 March 1945, thereafter assigned)
- 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (replaced 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment on 10 March 1944)
- 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (relieved 10 March 1944 and replaced by the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment)
- Division Artillery
- 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm) (assigned 4 June 1945)
- 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm)
- 680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75mm)
- 681st Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75mm)
- 139th Airborne Engineer Battalion
- 155th Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion
- 224th Airborne Medical Company
- 17th Parachute Maintenance Company
- Headquarters Special Troops
- Headquarters Company, 17th Airborne Division
- Military Police Platoon
- 717th Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company
- 517th Airborne Signal Company
- 411th Airborne Quartermaster Company
- 17th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
- Band (assigned 1 March 1945)
- Reconnaissance Platoon (assigned 1 March 1945)
- 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion (not assigned; under division operational control during the Ardennes Offensive)
- 761st Tank Battalion (attached 15–27 January 1945)
- 811th Tank Destroyer battalion (attached 17–27 January 1945)
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