19th Division (United States)

June 2023 June 2023 19th Infantry Division109th Infantry Division 19TH INFANTRY WWI G PATCH.png 190 1917–19 1944 (notional) 1947 United States United States Phantom formation (in WWII) Division World War I World War II Operation Fortitude Brigadier General Benjamin T. Simmons There have been a number of 19th Divisions in the history of the United States Army. The first 19th Division was a National Guard division established in early 1917 consisting of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. By the end of that same year, the 19th Division became the 40th Division. History World War I The 19th Division was organized on 1 September 1918 as a Regular Army and National Army division for service in the American Expeditionary Force from a mixture of existing and newly-raised units, however the division did not go overseas and demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa.Dougherty E. G. Major General To Command At Dodge https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-dodge/158381685/ The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette August 26, 1918https://books.google.com/books?id=NVy5fJWHqGMC&pg=PA656 Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War 1988 Center of Military, United States Army 3, Part 2 Washington, DC 656 Google Books Organization US Infantry Divisions 18th Division 20th Division The 19th Division gained the nickname "Twilight Division" and was composed of the following units, not all of which joined before the Armistice:Beamish Richard J. March Francis Andrew America's Part in the World War: A History of the Full Greatness of Our Country's Achievements; the Record of the Mobilization and Triumph of the Military, Naval, Industrial and Civilian Resources of the United States 1919 John C. Winston Company Philadelphia 567 https://books.google.com/books?id=Pf9MAAAAMAAJ 14 April 2025 en 37th Infantry Brigade 14th Infantry Regiment 87th Infantry Regiment 55th Machine Gun Battalion 38th Infantry Brigade 2nd Infantry Regiment 88th Infantry Regiment 56th Machine Gun Battalion 19th Field Artillery Brigade 55th Field Artillery Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 57th Field Artillery Regiment 19th Trench Mortar Battery Headquarters 55th Machine Gun Battalion 219th Engineers 219th Signa Battalion Division Trains World War II The third iteration was the 19th Armored Division was constituted in the Army of the United States on 18 January 1943, however, it was never officially activated during the war. The "19th Infantry Division" was a "phantom division" used as part of Allied deception measures. It was notionally assigned to SHAEF for use in Operation Fortitude South, but was never actually utilized during that endeavor.US phantom divisions – Normandy landing D-Day Overlord https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/d-day/preliminary-operations/us-phantom-divisions 2026-07-16 en-US The division's order of battle included the following fictional units: Headquarters, 19th Infantry Division 572nd Infantry Regiment 573rd Infantry Regiment 578th Infantry Regiment Divisional Troops In July 1944, it was redesignated as the 109th Infantry Division. Cold War On 1 July 1946, the 19th Armored Division was allotted to the Organized Reserve. The headquarters was activated on 15 January 1947 at Los Angeles, California, and the Headquarters Company was activated on 1 July 1947. Both units were inactivated on 20 August 1947 and reflagged as the 13th Armored Division and activated the next day.McKenny Janice E. http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/reflag/fm.htm Reflagging in the Army United States Army Center of Military History 1997 Appendix A: Divisions Reflagged 14 July 2008 http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/reflag/appA.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20171201132107/https://history.army.mil/books/Lineage/reflag/fm.htm 1 December 2017 dead The 19th Armored Division was disbanded on 21 March 1952. See also Formations of the United States Army in the early 20th Century Omar Bradley served with this division in World War I References Category:Military units and formations established in 1917 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1944 019th Infantry Division, U.S. Category:United States Army divisions of World War I