World War II
- Activated: 16 September 1940
Assigned to Camp Atterbury, Indiana 10 November 1943 to 26 January 1944
- Overseas: 11 February 1944
- Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
- Days of combat: 282
- Distinguished Unit Citations: 8
- Awards: MH-6 ; DSC-50 ; DSM-1 ; SS-1,773 ; LM-12; DFC-3 ; SM-30 ; BSM-6,616 ; AM-154.
- Foreign Awards: Belgian Fourragere-2 per Belgian decree #1393, dated 20 November 1945
- Commanders: Maj. Gen. Henry D. Russell (16 September 1940 – April 1942), Maj. Gen. William H. Simpson (May–July 1942), Maj. Gen. Leland S. Hobbs (9 September 1942 – September 1945), Maj. Gen. Albert C. Cowper (September 1945 to inactivation.)
- Returned to U.S.: 19 August 1945
- Inactivated: 25 November 1945. (See National Guard.)
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