was engaged in heavy fighting until early December. It then shifted to Luxembourg, only to meet the German Army's winter Ardennes Offensive head-on (in the Battle of the Bulge) starting on 16 December 1944. Although its lines were dented, it managed to hold the Germans at Dickweiler and Osweiler, and, counterattacking in January across the Sauer, overran German positions in Fouhren and Vianden. Halted at the Prüm River in February by heavy enemy resistance, the division finally crossed on 28 February near Olzheim, and raced on across the Kyll on 7 March. After a short rest, the 4th moved across the Rhine on 29 March at Worms, attacked and secured Würzburg and by 3 April had established a bridgehead across the Main at Ochsenfurt. Speeding southeast across Bavaria, the division had reached Miesbach on the Isar on 2 May 1945, when it was relieved and placed on occupation duty. Writer J. D. Salinger served with the division from 1942–1945. Order of battle Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division 8th Infantry Regiment 12th Infantry Regiment 22nd Infantry Regiment Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Infantry Division Artillery 20th Field Artillery Battalion (155 mm) 29th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 42nd Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 44th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 4th Engineer Combat Battalion 4th Medical Battalion 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Headquarters, Special Troops, 4th Infantry Division Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division 704th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 4th Quartermaster Company 4th Signal Company Military Police Platoon Band 4th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment Casualties Total battle casualties: 22,660 Killed in action: 4,097 Wounded in action: 17,371 Missing in action: 461 Prisoner of war: 731 Days of combat: 299 Post War/Early Cold War The division returned to the United States in July 1945 and was stationed at Camp Butner North Carolina, preparing for deployment to the Pacific. After the war ended it was deactivated on 5 March 1946. It was reactivated as a training division at Fort Ord, California on 15 July 1947. On 1 October 1950, it was redesignated a combat division, training at Fort Benning, Georgia. In May 1951 it deployed to Germany as the first of four United States divisions committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization during the early years of the Cold War. The division headquarters was at Frankfurt. After a five-year tour in Germany, the division redeployed to Fort Lewis, Washington in May 1956. The division was replaced in