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The US Army Center of Military History defines a liberating division as one whose official records show its presence at a camp within 48 hours of the first soldier’s arrival. The 10th Armored Division is among the 36 US divisions that have been recognized to date. Key Facts.
- Command and Staff
- Statistics
Campaigns
1. Ardennes 2. Rhineland 3. Central Europe
Individual Awards
Prisoners of War Taken 43,208
COMPOSITION
1. Headquarters Company 2. Combat Command A 3. Combat Command B 4. Reserve Command 5. 3d Tank Battalion 6. 11th Tank Battalion 7. 21st Tank Battalion 8. 20th Armored Infantry Battalion 9. 54th Armored Infantry Battalion 10. 61st Armored Infantry Battalion 11. 90th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) 12. 55th Armored Engineer Battalion 13. 150th Armored Signal Company 14. 10th Armored Division Artillery 15. 419th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 16. 420th Armored Field Artillery Batt...
- 15 July 1942
- 23 September 1944
- 23 September 1944
- 1944
The 10th Armored Division served under the following commands in the ETO: 5 September 1944: III Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group. 10 October 1944: Third Army, 12th Army Group. 23 October 1944: XX Corps. 7 December 1944: Third Army, 12th Army Group, but attached to VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group.
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10th Armored Division World War II Activated: 15 July 1942. Overseas: 13 September 1944. Campaigns: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe. Distinguished Unit Citations: 5. Awards: DSC-19 ; DSM-1 ; SS-412; LM-20; DFC-2 ; SM-25 ; BSM-2,578 ; AM-29.
On Third Army’s left flank, the 10th Armored Division’s Combat Command A, led by Brig. Gen. Kenneth Althaus, reached the Siegfried Switch on November 20. The Siegfried Switch was manned by two rifle battalions and one machine-gun battalion belonging to Pflieger’s 416th Division.
Activated 15 July 1942 Arrived ETO 23 September 1944 Arrived Continent (D+109) 23 September 1944 Entered Combat 1944 Days in Combat 124. Campaigns. Ardennes Rhineland Central Europe. Division Composition. Organic Units.
Aug 9, 2018 · George S. Patton Jr ., played by Oscar-winning actor George C. Scott, is at his U.S. Third Army headquarters somewhere near the German border on the night of December 18, 1944, when he receives a phone call from 12th Army Group commander Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley. “Brad, I’ve got a bridgehead across the Saar. I’m on my way into Germany.”
