LINEAGE
Constituted 15 January 1941 as the 3rd Armored Division.
Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana.
Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany.
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
COMMANDERS IN COMBAT
Major General Leroy H. Watson - Assumed command August 1942
Major General Maurice Rose - Assumed command August 1944
Major General Doyle O. Hickey - Assumed command March 1945
ORDER OF BATTLE
Headquarters, 3rd Armored Division
Headquarters Company, 2nd Armored Division
83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
23rd Armored Engineer Battalion
143rd Armored Signal Company
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 3rd Armored Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 3rd Armored Division
32nd Armored Regiment
33rd Armored Regiment
36th Armored Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Trains
Service Company, 3rd Armored Division
45th Armored Medical Battalion
Maintenance Battalion
Supply Battalion
WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION
Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
