11th Armored Division (Thunderbolt)

11th Armored Division (Thunderbolt)

LINEAGE


Constituted 23 June 1942 as the 11th Armored Division.
Activated 15 August 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana.
Disbanded 31 August 1945 in Germany.

COMMANDERS IN COMBAT


Major General Charles S. Kilburn - Assumed command March 1944
Major General Holmes E Dager - Assumed command March 1945

ORDER OF BATTLE


Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Armored Division
41st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
55th Armored Engineer Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 11th Armored Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 11th Armored Division
Headquarters, Reserve Command, 11th Armored Division
22nd Tank Battalion
41st Tank Battalion
42nd Tank Battalion
31st Armored Infantry Battalion
55th Armored Infantry Battalion
63rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
491st Armored Field Artillery Battalion
492nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Trains
81st Armored Medical Battalion
133rd Armored Maintenance Battalion
151st Armored Signal Company

WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION


Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe