75th Infantry Division

75th Infantry Division

LINEAGE

Constituted 24 December 1942 as the 75th Infantry Division.
Activated 15 April 1943 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Inactivated 14 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.

COMMANDERS IN COMBAT

Major General Willard S. Paul - Assumed command April 1942
Major General Fay B. Prickett - Assumed command November 1944
Major General Ray E. Porter - Assumed command January 1945

ORDER OF BATTLE

Headquarters, 75th Infantry Division
Headquarters Company, 75th Infantry Division
75th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
275th Engineer Combat Battalion
289th Infantry Regiment
290th Infantry Regiment
291st Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
730th Field Artillery Battalion
897th Field Artillery Battalion
898th Field Artillery Battalion
899th Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters, Special Troops
375th Medical Battalion
775th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
575th Signal Company
75th Quartermaster Company

WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION

Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe