LINEAGE
Constituted 7 July 1942 as the 12th Armored Division.
Activated 15 September 1942 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky.
Inactivated 3 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
COMMANDER IN COMBAT
Major General Roderick R. Allen - Assumed command September 1944
ORDER OF BATTLE
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 12th Armored Division
92nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
119th Armored Engineer Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 12th Armored Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 12th Armored Division
Headquarters, Reserve Command, 12th Armored Division
23rd Tank Battalion
43rd Tank Battalion
714th Tank Battalion
17th Armored Infantry Battalion
56th Armored Infantry Battalion
66th Armored Infantry Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
493rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
494th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
495th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Trains
82nd Armored Medical Battalion
134th Armored Ordnance Battalion
152nd Armored Signal Company
WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION
Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
