LINEAGE
Constituted 12 November 1942 as the 11th Airborne Division.
Activated 25 February 1943 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina.
COMMANDER IN COMBAT
Major General Joseph M. Swing - Assumed command February 1943
ORDER OF BATTLE
Headquarters, 11th Airborne Division
Headquarters Company, 11th Airborne Division
127th Airborne Engineer Combat Battalion
187th Glider Infantry Regiment
188th Glider Infantry Regiment
511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
472nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion
674th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
152nd Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion
221st Airborne Medical Company
711th Airborne Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
511th Airborne Signal Company
408th Airborne Quartermaster Company
11th Parachute Maintenance Company
WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION
New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon (with arrowhead)
