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</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Keyes" title="Geoffrey Keyes">Geoffrey Keyes</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_W._Leonard" title="John W. Leonard">John W. Leonard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Leonard_Harrold" title="Thomas Leonard Harrold">Thomas L. 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In honor of their World War II service, the 9th was officially nicknamed the "Phantom Division." </p><p>The 9th Armored Division was cited for extraordinary heroism and gallantry in combat in the vicinity of Waldbillig and Savelborn, Luxembourg from 16–22 December 1944 during which they repulsed constant and determined attacks by an entire German division. Outnumbered five to one, with its infantry rifle companies surrounded for most of the time, clerks, cooks, mechanics, drivers and others manned the 10,000 yards (9,100 m) final defensive line. Supported by the outstandingly responsive and accurate fire of its artillery battalion, this widely dispersed force stopped every attack for six days until its surrounded infantry were ordered to fight their way back to them. This staunch defense disrupted the precise German attack schedule and thus gave time for the United States III and XII Corps to assemble unhindered and then launch the coordinated attack which raised the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bastogne" title="Siege of Bastogne">siege of Bastogne</a> and contributed to saving much of Luxembourg and its capital from another German invasion.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> They were awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> for their heroism. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Predecessor_units_and_early_history">Predecessor units and early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Predecessor units and early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 3rd Cavalry Brigade, <a href="/wiki/15th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="15th Cavalry Division (United States)">15th Cavalry Division</a> was constituted in the Regular Army on 29 August 1917 and was organized in December 1917 at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Harry_J._Jones" title="Camp Harry J. Jones">Camp Harry J. Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>. It was demobilized on 15 July 1919. Because of a reduced table of organization for the cavalry division developed after the war, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade became a part of the new <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United States)">2nd Cavalry Division</a>. On 15 July 1942, the 9th Armored Division, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a> <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Keyes" title="Geoffrey Keyes">Geoffrey Keyes</a>, was activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, by reorganizing and redesignating the white elements of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United States)">2nd Cavalry Division</a>. This was only seven months after the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a> on 7 December 1941, which was followed just four days later by the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> <a href="/wiki/German_declaration_of_war_against_the_United_States_(1941)" class="mw-redirect" title="German declaration of war against the United States (1941)">declaration of war on the United States</a>, thus bringing the United States into <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Headquarters, 3rd Cavalry Brigade was converted, reorganized, and redesignated as Headquarters, 9th Armored Division Trains. The 2nd and 14th Cavalry Regiments were inactivated and the personnel and equipment were transferred to the new 2nd and 14th Armored Regiments, respectively. </p><p>The regiments underwent changes during the war as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>2nd Armored Regiment reorganized and redesignated 9 October 1943: <ul><li>Headquarters, Headquarters Company, and 2nd Battalion reorganized and redesignated as 2nd Tank Battalion, 9th Armored Division.</li> <li>1st Battalion reorganized and redesignated as 776th Tank Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 9th Armored Division.</li> <li>3rd Battalion reorganized and redesignated as 19th Tank Battalion, 9th Armored Division.</li> <li>Reconnaissance Company reorganized and redesignated as Troop D, 89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Armored Division.</li> <li>Band, Maintenance Company, and Service Company disbanded.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>14th Armored Regiment reorganized and redesignated 9 October 1943: <ul><li>Headquarters, Headquarters Company, and 1st and 2nd Battalions reorganized and redesignated as 14th Tank Battalion, 9th Armored Division.</li> <li>3rd Battalion reorganized and redesignated as 711th Tank Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 9th Armored Division.</li> <li>Reconnaissance Company reorganized and redesignated as Troop E, 89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Armored Division.</li> <li>Band, Maintenance Company, and Service Company disbanded.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>The lineages of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">2nd</a> and <a href="/wiki/14th_Cavalry_Regiment" title="14th Cavalry Regiment">14th Cavalry Regiments</a> were continued when these inactive units, having given up their personnel and equipment, were later reorganized and redesignated as cavalry reconnaissance squadrons and reactivated in 1943. </p><p>After over two years of training throughout the country, including <a href="/wiki/Camp_Ibis" title="Camp Ibis">Camp Ibis</a>, the 9th Armored Division, now commanded by Major General <a href="/wiki/John_W._Leonard" title="John W. Leonard">John W. Leonard</a>, reached the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> in September 1944. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fortitude">Fortitude</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fortitude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Fortitude" title="Operation Fortitude">Operation Fortitude</a></div> <p>The 9th Armored Division was one of several real U.S. Army divisions that participated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Fortitude" title="Operation Fortitude">Operation Fortitude</a>, the deception operation mounted by the Allies to deceive the Germans about the real landing site for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Neptune" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Neptune">Operation Neptune</a>, the amphibious invasion of Northern France. The 9th was assigned to a camp on the British coastline opposite of the German defenses in <a href="/wiki/Pas-de-Calais" title="Pas-de-Calais">Pas-de-Calais</a>, ostensibly as part of the "First US Army Group" (FUSAG) under Major General John W. Leonard. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Combat_chronicle">Combat chronicle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Combat chronicle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 9th Armored Division landed in <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> late in September 1944, and first went into line, 23 October 1944, on patrol duty in a quiet sector along the <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>-German frontier. When the Germans launched their winter offensive on 16 December 1944, the 9th, with no real combat experience, suddenly found itself engaged in heavy fighting. The Division saw its severest action at <a href="/wiki/St._Vith" title="St. Vith">St. Vith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Echternach" title="Echternach">Echternach</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bastogne" title="Bastogne">Bastogne</a>, its units fighting in widely separated areas. </p><p>Its stand at Bastogne held off the Germans long enough to enable the <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Division</a> to dig in for a defense of the city. After a rest period in January 1945, the Division prepared to drive across the <a href="/wiki/Roer_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Roer River">Roer River</a>. The offensive was launched on 28 February 1945 and the 9th crossed the Roer to <a href="/wiki/Rheinbach" title="Rheinbach">Rheinbach</a>, sending patrols into <a href="/wiki/Remagen" title="Remagen">Remagen</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Remagen_Bridgehead_-_7_March_1945_DA_Poster_21-32.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/The_Remagen_Bridgehead_-_7_March_1945_DA_Poster_21-32.jpg/220px-The_Remagen_Bridgehead_-_7_March_1945_DA_Poster_21-32.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/The_Remagen_Bridgehead_-_7_March_1945_DA_Poster_21-32.jpg/330px-The_Remagen_Bridgehead_-_7_March_1945_DA_Poster_21-32.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/The_Remagen_Bridgehead_-_7_March_1945_DA_Poster_21-32.jpg/440px-The_Remagen_Bridgehead_-_7_March_1945_DA_Poster_21-32.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2752" data-file-height="1700" /></a><figcaption>Illustration of the capture of the bridge.</figcaption></figure> <p>"Here, on the Ludendorf Bridge crossing the Rhine at Remagen, Combat Command B, 9th Armored Division -- headed by the 27th Armored Infantry Battalion -- with 'superb skill, daring and esprit de corps' successfully effected the first bridgehead across Germany's formidable river barrier and so contributed decisively to the defeat of the enemy. The 27th Battalion reached Remagen, found the bridge intact but mined for demolition. Although its destruction was imminent, without hesitation and in face of heavy fire the infantrymen rushed across the structure, and with energy and skill seized the surrounding high ground. The entire episode illustrates that high degree of initiative, leadership and gallantry toward which all armies strive but too rarely attain, and won for the Combat Command the Distinguished Unit Citation."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 March 1945, elements of the 9th Armored <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Remagen" title="Battle of Remagen">captured</a> the <a href="/wiki/Ludendorff_Bridge" title="Ludendorff Bridge">Ludendorff Bridge</a> when German demolition charges failed to bring the bridge down. Soldiers scrambled under the bridge, swinging from girder to girder, tossing demolition charges into the Rhine, fearing the chargers could explode at any time. Capturing the bridge may have shortened the war by weeks to months and saved tens of thousands of lives.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Division exploited the bridgehead, moving south and east across the <a href="/wiki/Lahn_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Lahn River">Lahn River</a> toward <a href="/wiki/Limburg_an_der_Lahn" title="Limburg an der Lahn">Limburg</a>, where thousands of Allied prisoners were liberated from Stalag XIIA. The Division drove on to <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_am_Main" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankfurt am Main">Frankfurt</a> and then turned to assist in the closing of the <a href="/wiki/Ruhr_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruhr Pocket">Ruhr Pocket</a>. In April it continued east, encircling <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a> and securing a line along the <a href="/wiki/Mulde_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulde River">Mulde River</a>. The Division was shifting south to <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> when the war in Europe ended on 9 May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:9th_Armored_Division,_Engers,_Germany_03-27-45.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/9th_Armored_Division%2C_Engers%2C_Germany_03-27-45.jpg/220px-9th_Armored_Division%2C_Engers%2C_Germany_03-27-45.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/9th_Armored_Division%2C_Engers%2C_Germany_03-27-45.jpg/330px-9th_Armored_Division%2C_Engers%2C_Germany_03-27-45.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/9th_Armored_Division%2C_Engers%2C_Germany_03-27-45.jpg/440px-9th_Armored_Division%2C_Engers%2C_Germany_03-27-45.jpg 2x" data-file-width="786" data-file-height="596" /></a><figcaption>9th AID <a href="/wiki/M3_Half-track" class="mw-redirect" title="M3 Half-track">M3 Half-tracks</a> advancing through <a href="/wiki/Engers" title="Engers">Engers</a>, Germany, 27 March 1945.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RineCrossing3.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/RineCrossing3.gif" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="120" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Army personnel cross the Ludendorff Bridge</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CROSS_THE_RHINE_WITH_DRY_FEET_COURTESY_OF_9TH_ARM%27D_DIV-LUDENDORFF_BRIDGE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/CROSS_THE_RHINE_WITH_DRY_FEET_COURTESY_OF_9TH_ARM%27D_DIV-LUDENDORFF_BRIDGE.jpg/220px-CROSS_THE_RHINE_WITH_DRY_FEET_COURTESY_OF_9TH_ARM%27D_DIV-LUDENDORFF_BRIDGE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/CROSS_THE_RHINE_WITH_DRY_FEET_COURTESY_OF_9TH_ARM%27D_DIV-LUDENDORFF_BRIDGE.jpg/330px-CROSS_THE_RHINE_WITH_DRY_FEET_COURTESY_OF_9TH_ARM%27D_DIV-LUDENDORFF_BRIDGE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/CROSS_THE_RHINE_WITH_DRY_FEET_COURTESY_OF_9TH_ARM%27D_DIV-LUDENDORFF_BRIDGE.jpg/440px-CROSS_THE_RHINE_WITH_DRY_FEET_COURTESY_OF_9TH_ARM%27D_DIV-LUDENDORFF_BRIDGE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="999" data-file-height="783" /></a><figcaption>"CROSS THE RHINE WITH DRY FEET COURTESY OF 9TH ARM'D DIV".</figcaption></figure> <p>Activated: 15 July 1942. Overseas: 26 August 1944. Campaigns: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe. Days of Combat: 91. Distinguished Unit Citations: 11. </p><p>Commanders: </p> <ul><li>Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes (June to September 1942)</li> <li>Maj. Gen. John W. Leonard (October 1942 to inactivation).</li></ul> <p>Returned to U.S.: 10 October 1945. Inactivated: 13 October 1945. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casualties">Casualties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Casualties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Total battle casualties: 3,845<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Killed in action: 570<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Wounded in action: 2,280<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Missing in action: 87<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Prisoner of war: 908<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_for_valor">Awards for valor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards for valor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_awards">Individual awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Individual awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a>: <a href="/wiki/Horace_M._Thorne" title="Horace M. Thorne">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United States)">Distinguished Service Cross</a>: 1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)" title="Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)">Distinguished Service Medal</a>: 2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</a>: 191</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a>: 13</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Medal" title="Soldier's Medal">Soldier's Medal</a>: 11</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Bronze Star">Bronze Star</a>: 1,263</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Medal" title="Air Medal">Air Medal</a>: 28</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unit_award">Unit award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Unit award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All units of <a href="/wiki/Combat_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Command">CCB</a>/9 AIB of the 9th Armored Division were awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> for their actions in taking and defending the <a href="/wiki/Ludendorff_Bridge" title="Ludendorff Bridge">Ludendorff Bridge</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Remagen" title="Battle of Remagen">Battle of Remagen</a> in World War II. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Combat Command B, 9th Armored Division is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action from 28 February to 9 March 1945 in Germany. On 28 February, Combat Command B launched an attack from the vicinity of Soller and less than twenty-four hours later crossed the Erft River at Derkum, forcing the enemy into disorderly retreat, the unit headed south-east, reaching the heights west of Remagen on 7 March, where troops of the command could see the Ludendorff Bridge across the Rhine River with large numbers of German troops fleeing across it. At 1500 hours that day a prisoner was captured who revealed that the bridge was mined for demolition and was to be destroyed at 1600 hours. At 1535 hours, one column of Combat Company B reached the western approach to the bridge. The span was still intact. Although the destruction of the bridge was imminent, American troops unhesitatingly rushed across the structure in the face of intense enemy automatic weapons fire. An explosion rocked the bridge but did not destroy it. Engineers scrambled down the abutments, cutting wires leading to other demolition charges and disposing of hundreds of pounds of explosives by hurling them into the river. Bulldozer tanks, working under heavy artillery and small-arms fire, filled craters at the bridge approach to permit vehicular passage. Upon reaching the opposite bank, troops of Combat Command B fought gallantly and cleared the surrounding high ground. Although the strength of the span was unknown, tank units rumbled across the bridge after dark and lent their support to foot troops. Antiaircraft artillery men deployed their weapons so skillfully that in the ensuing days numerous enemy airplanes were destroyed in vain attempts to destroy the bridge. The superb skill, daring and esprit de corps displayed by each officer and man of Combat Command B, 9th Armored Division, in the dash to the Rhine, the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge, and the successful exploitation of this first bridgehead across Germany's formidable river barrier made an outstanding contribution to the defeat of the enemy.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division was composed of the following units:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Headquarters</li> <li>Headquarters Company</li> <li>Combat Command A</li> <li>Combat Command B</li> <li>Combat Command Reserve</li> <li>2nd Tank Battalion</li> <li>14th Tank Battalion</li> <li>19th Tank Battalion</li> <li>27th Armored Infantry Battalion</li> <li>52nd Armored Infantry Battalion</li> <li>60th Armored Infantry Battalion</li> <li>Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 9th Armored Division Artillery <ul><li>3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion</li> <li>16th Armored Field Artillery Battalion</li> <li>73rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Engineer_Battalion_(United_States)" title="9th Engineer Battalion (United States)">9th Armored Engineer Battalion</a></li> <li>149th Armored Signal Company</li> <li>Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Armored Division Trains <ul><li>131st Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion</li> <li>2nd Armored Medical Battalion</li> <li>Military Police Platoon</li> <li>Band</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Temporarily attached units: </p> <ul><li>656th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 22 February 1945 past 9 May 1945)</li> <li>811th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 14 November 1944 to 8 January 1945)</li> <li>482nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (attached 22 November 1944 to 9 January 1945; 22 February 1945 to 9 May 1945)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestor_units">Ancestor units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ancestor units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 3rd Brigade, <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United States)">1st Cavalry Division</a>, was constituted on 29 August 1917 and organized as Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, <a href="/wiki/15th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="15th Cavalry Division (United States)">15th Cavalry Division</a> in December. The 3rd Brigade demobilized on 15 July 1919 and reconstituted on 10 August 1921, within the newly constituted 1st Cavalry Division. Although never officially reorganized, the Brigade was inactive until its 15 October 1940 activation and redesignation and conversion to HHC, 9th Armored Division Trains, and deployed to Europe, receiving campaign-participation credit for operations in the Rhineland, the Ardennes-Alsace, and the Central Europe theatres of war, and awarded two Meritorious Unit Commendations, with embroidered streamers reading: <i>Europe 1944</i> and <i>Europe 1945</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inactivation">Inactivation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Inactivation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cross_the_rhine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Cross_the_rhine.jpg/220px-Cross_the_rhine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Cross_the_rhine.jpg/330px-Cross_the_rhine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Cross_the_rhine.jpg/440px-Cross_the_rhine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3862" data-file-height="2931" /></a><figcaption>On 13 October 1945, the 9th Armored Division was inactivated in Newport News, Virginia. On that day, members of the division pose with the original sign they posted on the Ludendorff Bridge on 8 March 1945 after it was unexpectedly captured intact, opening a bridgehead into Germany three weeks earlier than planned.</figcaption></figure> <p>After World War II, the unit returned state-side. The division was inactivated on 13 October 1945, and reactivated on 15 July 1963, when it was reassigned from the 9th Armored Division, and converted and redesignated as HHC, 3rd Brigade, <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United States)">1st Cavalry Division (United States)</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ljmilitaria.com/armygroundforcespatches/civil_war__spanish_american_war__indian_wars__wwi.htm#divisions">"2nd Cavalry Division, WWII Era patch"</a>. <i>Army to WWII Era</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1st_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Armored Division (United States)">1st</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Armored Division (United States)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Armored Division (United States)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="4th Armored Division (United States)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="5th Armored Division (United States)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="6th Armored Division (United States)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="7th Armored Division (United States)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="8th Armored Division (United States)">8th</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink 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href="/wiki/22nd_Armored_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="22nd Armored Division">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Armored Division (United States)">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="27th Armored Division (United States)">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="30th Armored Division (United States)">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="40th Armored Division (United States)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="48th Armored Division (United States)">48th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Armored_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="49th Armored Division">49th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="50th Armored Division (United States)">50th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cavalry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United States)">1st</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United States)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Cavalry Division (United States)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="15th Cavalry Division (United States)">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="21st Cavalry Division (United States)">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="22nd Cavalry Division (United States)">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="23rd Cavalry Division (United States)">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="24th Cavalry Division (United States)">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="61st Cavalry Division (United States)">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="62nd Cavalry Division (United States)">62nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="63rd Cavalry Division (United States)">63rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="64th Cavalry Division (United States)">64th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="65th Cavalry Division (United States)">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="66th Cavalry Division (United States)">66th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Infantry Division (United States)">1st</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United States)">2nd</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Infantry Division (United States)">3rd</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="4th Infantry Division (United States)">4th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="5th Infantry Division (United States)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="6th Infantry Division (United States)">6th</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="7th Infantry Division (United States)">7th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="8th Infantry Division (United States)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="9th Infantry Division (United States)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="11th Infantry Division (United States)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Division_(United_States)" title="12th Division (United States)">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Division_(United_States)" title="13th Division (United States)">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="17th Infantry Division (United States)">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Division_(United_States)" title="19th Division (United States)">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americal_Division" title="Americal Division">23rd (Americal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="24th Infantry Division (United States)">24th</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry 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href="/wiki/51st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="51st Infantry Division (United States)">51st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="63rd Infantry Division (United States)">63rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="65th Infantry Division (United States)">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="66th Infantry Division (United States)">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="69th Infantry Division (United States)">69th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="70th Infantry Division (United States)">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="71st Infantry Division (United States)">71st</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/75th_Innovation_Command" title="75th Innovation Command">75th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/76th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="76th Infantry Division (United States)">76th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77th_Sustainment_Brigade" title="77th Sustainment Brigade">77th</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/78th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="78th Infantry Division (United States)">78th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="79th Infantry Division (United States)">79th</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/80th_Division_(United_States)" title="80th Division (United States)">80th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="81st Infantry Division (United States)">81st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/83rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="83rd Infantry Division (United States)">83rd</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/84th_Division_(United_States)" title="84th Division (United States)">84th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="85th Infantry Division (United States)">85th</a></li> <li><b><a 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