Constituted 15 February 1942 as the 6th Armored Division and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Inactivated 18 September 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York.
Activated 5 September 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Major General Robert W. Grow - Assumed command May 1943
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Armored Division
86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
25th Armored Engineer Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 6th Armored Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 6th Armored Division
Headquarters, Reserve Command, 6th Armored Division
15th Tank Battalion
68th Tank Battalion
69th Tank Battalion
9th Armored Infantry Battalion
44th Armored Infantry Battalion
50th Armored Infantry Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
212th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
231st Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Trains
76th Armored Medical Battalion
128th Armored Ordnance Battalion
146th Armored Signal Company
Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe