103rd Infantry Division (Cactus Division)

103rd Infantry Division (Cactus Division)

LINEAGE


Constituted 24 June 1921 as the 103rd Division.
Organized 9 September 1921 with headquarters at Denver, Colorado.
Ordered into active military service 15 November 1942, and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana as the 103rd Infantry Division.
Inactivated 20 September 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
Activated 15 April 1947 with headquarters at Des Moines, Iowa.

COMMANDERS IN COMBAT


Major General Charles G. Haffner Jr. - Assumed command November 1942
Major General Anthony C. McAuliffe - Assumed command January 1945

ORDER OF BATTLE


Headquarters, 103rd Infantry Division
Headquarters Company, 103rd Infantry Division
103rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
328th Engineer Combat Battalion
409th Infantry Regiment
410th Infantry Regiment
411th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
382nd Field Artillery Battalion
383rd Field Artillery Battalion
384th Field Artillery Battalion
928th Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters, Special Troops
328th Medical Battalion
803rd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
103rd Signal Company
103rd Quartermaster Company

WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION


Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe