10th Mountain Division

10th Mountain Division

LINEAGE


Constituted 10 July 1943 as the 10th Light Division.
Activated 15 July 1943 at Camp Hale, Colorado.
Redesignated 6 November 1944 as the 10th Mountain Division.
Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Camp Carson Colorado.
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 10th Infantry Division.
Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

COMMANDER IN COMBAT


Major General George P. Hays - Assumed command November 1944

ORDER OF BATTLE


Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Mountain Division
10th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
126th Engineer Combat Battalion
85th Mountain Infantry Regiment
86th Mountain Infantry Regiment
87th Mountain Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
604th Field Artillery Battalion
605th Field Artillery Battalion
616th Field Artillery Battalion
10th Mountain Anti-tank Battalion
Headquarters, Special Troops
10th Medical Battalion
710 Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
110th Signal Company
10th Quartermaster Company

WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION


Northern Apennines, Po Valley