Constituted 15 July 1940 as the 2nd Armored Division, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Major General Ernest N. Harmon - Assumed command July 1942
Major General Hugh J. Gaffey - Assumed command May 1943
Major General Edward H. Brooks - Assumed command April 1944
Major General Ernest N. Harmon - Assumed command November 1944
Major General Isaac D. White - Assumed command January 1945
Headquarters 2nd Armored Division
Headquarters Company, 2nd Armored Division
82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
17th Armored Engineer Battalion
142nd Armored Signal Company
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 2nd Armored Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 2nd Armored Division
66th Armored Regiment
67th Armored Regiment
41st Armored Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
78th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
92nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Trains
Service Company, 2nd Armored Division
48th Armored Medical Battalion
Maintenance Battalion
Supply Battalion
Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead),Sicily (with arrowhead) Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe