7th Infantry Division (Bayonet)

7th Infantry Division (Bayonet)

LINEAGE

Constituted 6 December 1917 as the 7th Division.
Organized 1 January 1918 at Camp Wheeler, Georgia.
Inactivated 22 September 1921 at Camp Meade, Maryland.
Activated 1 July 1940 at Camp Ord, California.
Redesignated 9 April 1942 as the 7th Motorized Division.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1943 as the 7th Infantry Division.

COMMANDERS IN COMBAT

Major General Charles H. Corlett - Assumed command April 1943
Major General Archibald V. Arnold - Assumed command February 1944

ORDER OF BATTLE

Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division
Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Division
7th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
13th Engineer Combat Battalion
17th Infantry Regiment
32nd Infantry Regiment
184th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
31st Field Artillery Battalion
48th Field Artillery Battalion
49th Field Artillery Battalion
57th Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters, Special Troops
7th Medical Battalion
707th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
7th Signal Company
7th Quartermaster Company

WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION

Aleutian Islands, Eastern Mandates, Leyte, Ryukyus.