part of an army-wide elimination of brigade commands within its divisions. The division was instead centered on three infantry regiments; the 413th, the 414th, and 415th Infantry Regiments. Order of battle Headquarters, 104th Infantry Division 413th Infantry Regiment 414th Infantry Regiment 415th Infantry Regiment Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 104th Infantry Division Artillery 385th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 386th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 387th Field Artillery Battalion (155 mm) 929th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 329th Engineer Combat Battalion 329th Medical Battalion 104th Counter Intelligence Corps Det 104th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Headquarters, Special Troops, 104th Infantry Division Headquarters Company, 104th Infantry Division 804th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 104th Quartermaster Company 104th Signal Company Military Police Platoon Band 104th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment 750th Tank Battalion (attached 16 NOV 44-23 DEC 44, 6 FEB 45-22 MAY 45) 784th Tank Battalion (attached 31 DEC 44-3 FEB 45) 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 29 OCT 44-7 MAR 45) 817th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 1 APR 45-9 JUN 45) 555th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (attached 26 OCT 44-24 MAY 45) From that point, it began training at Camp Hyder, California as a division in preparation for deployment to Europe. The division trained in the northwestern United States during the next two years, earning its name "Timberwolf Division" from its time in the area. The division was the first U.S. Army division to be trained to fight in nighttime conditions. After training at Camp Adair, the division participation in the Oregon Maneuver combat exercise in the fall of 1943. On 15 October 1943, Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr. took command of the division. He had previously commanded the 1st Infantry Division, "The Big Red One", in North Africa and Sicily and would command the 104th during most of its time in combat. Europe The 104th Infantry Division sailed for the Western Front on 27 August 1944. It landed in France on 7 September 1944. The division was assigned to III Corps of the Ninth United States Army, part of the Twelfth United States Army Group. The division then organized and assembled at Manche, France before heading into combat. Joining the Battle of the Scheldt, the division moved into defensive positions in the vicinity of Wuustwezel, Belgium on 23 October 1944. The Timberwolves were then assigned to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group under the British I Corps,