Cavalry
92d Cav Rcn Sq Normandy Base Section 18 Nov 44-30 Nov 44
92d Cav Rcn Sq 63d Div 15 Mar 45-16 Mar 45
Engineer
Co C, 119th Engr Bn Normandy Base Section 18 Nov 44-30 Nov 44
Field Artillery
Btry C, 493d Armd FA Bn Normandy Base Section 18 Nov 44-30 Nov 44
493d Armd FA Bn 44th Div 5 Dec 44-7 Dec 44
494th Armd FA Bn 44th Div 5 Dec 44-7 Dec 44
495th Armd FA Bn 100th Div 5 Dec 44-7 Dec 44
493d Armd FA Bn 106th Cav Gp 23 Dec 44-2 Jan 45
495th Armd FA Bn 103d Div 26 Dec 44-2 Jan 45
494th Armd FA Bn 44th Div 26 Dec 44-6 Jan 45
495th Armd FA Bn 100th Div 2 Jan 45-6 Jan 45
493d Armd FA Bn 44th Div 2 Jan 45-6 Jan 45
493d Armd FA Bn 79th Div 7 Jan 45-14 Jan 45
495th Armd FA Bn 79th Div 7 Jan 45-14 Jan 45
495th Armd FA Bn French Algerienne 3d Inf Div 15 Jan 45-16 Jan 45
495th Armd FA Bn 36th Div 20 Jan 45-23 Jan 45
493d Armd FA Bn 36th Div 20 Jan 45-23 Jan 45
494th Armd FA Bn 36th Div 21 Jan 45-23 Jan 45
493d Armd FA Bn French Algerienne 3d Inf Div 23 Jan 45-2 Feb 45
494th Armd FA Bn French Algerienne 3d Inf Div 24 Jan 45-2 Feb 45
495th Armd FA Bn French Algerienne 3d Inf Div 24 Jan 45-2 Feb 45
493d Armd FA Bn 117th Cav Rcn Sq 2 Feb 45
494th Armd FA Bn 28th Div 4 Feb 45-9 Feb 45
495th Armd FA Bn 28th Div 7 Feb 45-10 Feb 45
494th Armd FA Bn 70th Div 10 Feb 45-13 Feb 45
493d Armd FA Bn 44th Div 10 Feb 45-16 Feb 45
495th Armd FA Bn 70th Div 11 Feb 45-12 Feb 45
495th Armd FA Bn 44th Div 13 Feb 45-16 Feb 45
494th Armd FA Bn 44th Div 14 Feb 45-16 Feb 45
494th Armd FA Bn 70th Div 17 Feb 45-9 Mar 45
495th Armd FA Bn 70th Div 17 Feb 45-9 Mar 45
493d Armd FA Bn 70th Div 13 Mar 45-17 Mar 45
494th Armd FA Bn 70th Div 13 Mar 45-17 Mar 45
495th Armd FA Bn 70th Div 13 Mar 45-17 Mar 45
Command Posts
2 Oct 44, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
5 Oct 44, Tidworth Barracks, Wiltshire, England
17 Nov 44, Auffay, Seine-Inferieure, France
2 Dec 44, Luneville, Meruthe-et-Moselle, France
5 Dec 44, Kirberg, Bas-Rhin, France
7 Dec 44, Domfessel, Bas-Rhin, France
14 Dec 44, Rahling, Bas-Rhin, France
16 Dec 44, Rimsdorf, Bas-Rhin, France
18 Dec 44, Rahling, Bas-Rhin, France
26 Dec 44, Albestroff, Moselle, France
29 Dec 44, Dieuze, Moselle, France
8 Jan 45, Hochfelden, Bas-Rhin, France
15 Jan 45, Brumath, Bas-Rhin, France
20 Jan 45, Hochfelden, Bas-Rhin, France
25 Jan 45, Ittenheim, Bas-Rhin, France
3 Feb 45, Zellenberg, Haut-Rhin, France
4 Feb 45, Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France
7 Feb 45, Wintzenheim, Haut-Rhin, France
11 Feb 45, Faulquemont, Moselle, France
18 Feb 45, Faulquemont, (2 miles northwest), Moselle, France
17 Mar 45, Apach, Moselle, France
18 Mar 45, Hermeskiel, Rhineland, Germany
18 Mar 45, Brucken, Rhineland, Germany
19 Mar 45, Baumholden, Rhineland, Germany
21 Mar 45, Sausenheim, Pfalz, Germany
22 Mar 45, Mutterstadt, Pfalz, Germany
24 mar 45, Deidesheim, Pfalz, Germany
28 Mar 45, Lorsch, Hessen, Germany
29 Mar 45, Beerfelden, Bavaria, Germany
30 Mar 45, Amorbach, Bavaria, Germany
31 Mar 45, Hardheim, Baden, Germany
31 Mar 45, Paimar, Baden, Germany
3 Apr 45, Giebelstadt, Bavaria, Germany
10 Apr 45, Kitzingen (airfield), Bavaria, Germany
14 Apr 45, Uffenheim, Bavaria, Germany
16 Apr 45, Illesheim, Bavaria, Germany
18 Apr 45, Oberdachstetten, Bavaria, Germany
20 Apr 45, Ansbach, Wurttemberg, Germany
21 Apr 45, Dinkelsbuhl, Wurttemberg, Germany
22 Apr 45, Bopfingen, Wurttemberg, Germany
24 Apr 45, Dillingen, Bavaria, Germany
27 Apr 45, Ziemetshausen, Bavaria, Germany
28 Apr 45, Schwabmunchen, Bavaria, Germany
29 Apr 45, Landsberg, Bavaria, Germany
1 May 45, Murnau, Bavaria, Germany
2 May 45, Redenfelden, Bavaria, Germany
5 May 45, Heidenheim, Wurttemberg, Germany
Narrative
The division landed at Le Havre (France) on November 9, 1944, and advance elements moved to the front at Weisslingen (France) on December 5, and attacked toward the Maginot Line. The division relieved the 4-AD on December 7, and CCA took Singling (France) on December 9, 1944. The next day, CCA captured Rohrbach-lès-Bitche (France) and the division reached Bettviller (France) on December 12. The 12-AD reached Utweiler (Germany) by December 21, and then withdrew for rehabilitation.
On January 8, 1945, the 12-AD attacked the Rhine River strongpoint of Herrlisheim (France) with CCB which seized part of the town the next day but became surrounded on January 10. After fierce fighting, the division withdrew from Herrlisheim (France) on January 11 and took up defensive positions west of the Zorn River. It next attacked to reduce the German Gambsheim Bridgehead on January 16 but made little progress as CCB was held up at the river southeast of Rohrwiller (France). CCA managed to get into Herrlisheim on January 17 but the 43-TB was wiped out there. CCA then abandoned the town the next day but suffered very heavy losses.
The division attacked through the 28-ID at Colmar (France) on February 3, 1945, and CCB seized a bridgehead across the Ill River near Sundhoffen (France) and Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine (France). CCA cleared Rouffach (France) on February 5, 1945, and effected a junction with the French forces which sealed the Colmar Pocket in the Vosges Mountains. The division then withdrew to the vicinity of Saint-Avold (France) for rehabilitation, except that CCA assisted the 70-ID near Forbach (France) on March 2/8, 1945.
The division attacked through the lines of the 94-ID on March 18, bypassed Lauterecken (Germany), and reached the Rhine River north of Mannheim (Germany) on March 20. The 12-AD took Ludwigshafen (Germany) on March 21 and Speyer (Germany) as well as Germersheim (Germany) on March 24, thus clearing the Saar Palatinate. The division crossed the Rhine River at Worms (Germany) on March 27/28 and advanced rapidly to take Wuerzburg (Germany) against light resistance. It crossed the Main River at Ochsenfurt (Germany) on April 3, and CCA fought the Battle for Wuerzburg on April 4/5. The division assisted in the reduction of Schweinfurt by blocking the highway to Bamberg on April 11, and the next day encircled the Uffenheim pocket with CCR.
The division assaulted across the Aisch River at Ipsheim on April 14 and advanced with all three Combat Commands in the assault to capture Ansbach on April 18/19. After seizing Feuchtwagen on April 20, the division sped toward the Danube River and CCA captured the bridge at Dillingen before it could be demolished on April 22. The bridgehead was strengthened with the fall of Wertingen on April 24/25. The division then was relieved at the bridgehead by the 3-ID on April 26 and crossed the Lech River at Landsberg on April 27/29. It cleared the area between the Ammer and Wurm on April 30, and on May 1 drove southeast from Starnberg across the Isar River to reach Inn. Elements crossed the Inn River on May 3 into Austria, and the division was moving toward Innsbruck when placed in reserve the next day. It
engaged in security duty until hostilities were declared ended on May 7, 1945.
