LINEAGE
Activated 16 August 1943 at Camp Pendleton, California.
Inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Pendleton, California.
COMMANDERS IN COMBAT
Major General Harry Schmidt - Assumed command August 1943
Major General Clifton B. Cates - Assumed command July 1944
ORDER OF BATTLE
Headquarters Battalion, 4th Marine Division
4th Engineer Battalion
4th Tank Battalion
4th Pioneer Battalion
23rd Marine Regiment
24th Marine Regiment
25th Marine Regiment
14th Marine Regiment (Artillery)
4th Service Battalion
4th Medical Battalion
4th Motor Transport Battalion
WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION
Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima