2nd Infantry Division (Indianhead)

2nd Infantry Division (Indianhead)

LINEAGE

Constituted Constituted 21 September 1917 as the 2nd Division.
Organized 26 October 1917 at Bourmont, Haute-Marne, France.
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 2nd Infantry Division.

COMMANDERS IN COMBAT

Major General Walter M. Robertson - Assumed command May 1942

ORDER OF BATTLE

Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Division
Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Division
2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
2nd Engineer Combat Battalion
9th Infantry Regiment
23rd Infantry Regiment
38th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
12th Field Artillery Battalion
15th Field Artillery Battalion
37th Field Artillery Battalion
38th Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters, Special Troops
2nd Medical Battalion
702nd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
2nd Signal Company
2nd Quartermaster Company

WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION

Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe