formed the core from which the remainder of the division would be reactivated in the event of war. The division was allotted to the First Corps Area for mobilization responsibility, and assigned to the I Corps. Camp Devens, Massachusetts, was designated as the mobilization and training station for the division upon reactivation. The division's inactive units were assigned to "active associate" units for mobilization purposes. The division headquarters was organized on 28 July 1926 as a Regular Army Inactive unit with Organized Reserve personnel at the Army Base, Boston, Massachusetts, and by mid-1927, most of the inactive units of the division were also organized as such. World War II Activated: 1 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Overseas: 11 December 1942 (Three organic combat teams participated in North African landings 8 November 1942) Campaigns: Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, North France, Rhineland Campaign, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe Days of combat: 304 Distinguished Unit Citations: 24 Awards: Medal of Honor – 4; Distinguished Service Cross – 76; Distinguished Service Medal – 3; Silver Star – 2,282; Legion of Merit – 19; DFC – 2; Soldier's Medal – 100; Bronze Star –6,593; Air Medal – 129 Commanders: Col . Charles B. Elliott (August 1940), Brig. Gen. Francis W. Honeycutt (September 1940), Maj. Gen. Jacob L. Devers (October 1940 – July 1941), Maj. Gen. Rene Edward De Russy Hoyle (August 1941 – July 1942), Maj. Gen. Manton S. Eddy (August 1942 – August 1944), Maj. Gen. Louis A. Craig (August 1944 – May 1945), Brig. Gen. Jesse A. Ladd (May 1945 – February 1946), Maj. Gen. Horace L. McBride (March 1946 to inactivation) Inactivated: 15 January 1947 Reactivated: 15 July 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey Inactivated: 31 January 1962 at Fort Carson, Colorado Redesignated 1 February 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas Inactivated 25 September 1969 in Hawaii Activated: 21 April 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington Inactivated: 15 December 1991 at Fort Lewis, Washington Combat chronicle The 9th Infantry Division was among the first U.S. combat units to engage in offensive ground operations during World War II. (The others were the 32nd and the 41st in the Pacific on New Guinea, Carlson's Raiders on Makin Island, the 1st Marine, and the Americal on Guadalcanal, and, alongside the 9th in North Africa, were the 1st Infantry, 3rd Infantry and the 2nd Armored Divisions.) The