13th Armored Division

13th Armored Division

LINEAGE


Constituted 9 June 1942 as the 13th Armored Division.
Activated 15 October 1942 at Camp Beale, California.
Inactivated 15 November 1945 at Camp Cooke, California.
Activated 21 March 1947 with headquarters at Los Angeles, California.

COMMANDERS IN COMBAT


Major General John B. Wogan - Assumed command October 1942 Major General John Millikin - Assumed command April 1945

ORDER OF BATTLE


Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Armored Division
93rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
124th Armored Engineer Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 13th Armored Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B, 13th Armored Division
Headquarters, Reserve Command, 13th Armored Division
24th Tank Battalion
45th Tank Battalion
46th Tank Battalion
16th Armored Infantry Battalion
59th Armored Infantry Battalion
67th Armored Infantry Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
496th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
497th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
498th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Trains
83rd Armored Medical Battalion
135th Armored Ordnance Battalion
153rd Armored Signal Company

WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION


Rhineland, Central Europe