70th Infantry Division (Trailblazers)

70th Infantry Division (Trailblazers)

LINEAGE

Constituted 18 January 1943 as the 70th Infantry Division.
Activated 15 June 1943 at Camp Adair, Oregon.
Inactivated 11 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

COMMANDERS IN COMBAT

Major General J. Barnett - Assumed command July 1944

ORDER OF BATTLE

Headquarters, 70th Infantry Division
Headquarters Company, 70th Infantry Division
70th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
270th Engineer Combat Battalion
274th Infantry Regiment
275th Infantry Regiment
276th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
725th Field Artillery Battalion
882nd Field Artillery Battalion
883rd Field Artillery Battalion
884th Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters, Special Troops
370th Medical Battalion
770th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
570th Signal Company
70th Quartermaster Company

WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION

Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe