LINEAGE
Constituted 12 March 1943 as the 65th Infantry Division.
Activated 16 August 1943 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
Disbanded 31 August 1945 in Germany.
COMMANDERS IN COMBAT
Major General Stanley E. Reinhart - Assumed command August 1943
ORDER OF BATTLE
Headquarters, 65th Infantry Division
Headquarters Company, 65th Infantry Division
65th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
265th Engineer Combat Battalion
259th Infantry Regiment
260th Infantry Regiment
261st Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
720th Field Artillery Battalion
867th Field Artillery Battalion
868th Field Artillery Battalion
869th Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters, Special Troops
365th Medical Battalion
765th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
565th Signal Company
65th Quartermaster Company
WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION
Rhineland, Central Europe