LINEAGE
Constituted 24 May 1942 as the Americal Division.
Activated 27 May 1942 in New Caledonia.
Inactivated 2 December 1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington.
COMMANDERS IN COMBAT
Major General Alexander M. Patch - Assumed command May 1942
Brigadier General Edmund B. Sebree - Assumed command January 1943
Major General John R. Hodge - Assumed command May 1943
Major General Robert B. McClure - Assumed command April 1944
Major General William H. Arnold - Assumed command November 1944
ORDER OF BATTLE
Headquarters, Americal Division
Headquarters Company, Americal Division
21st Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
57th Engineer Combat Battalion
132nd Infantry Regiment
164th Infantry Regiment
182nd Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
221st Field Artillery Battalion
245th Field Artillery Battalion
246th Field Artillery Battalion
247th Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters, Special Troops
121st Medical Battalion
721st Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
26th Signal Company
125th Quartermaster Company
WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION
Guadalcanal, Northern Solomon’s, Leyte, Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
