1945: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group 17 February 1945: III Corps 31 March 1945: VII Corps 4 April 1945: III Corps 14 April 1945: VII Corps Order of battle Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division 39th Infantry Regiment 47th Infantry Regiment 60th Infantry Regiment Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 9th Infantry Division Artillery 26th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 34th Field Artillery Battalion (155 mm) 60th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 84th Field Artillery Battalion (105 mm) 15th Engineer Combat Battalion 9th Medical Battalion 9th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Headquarters, Special Troops, 9th Infantry Division Headquarters Company, 9th Infantry Division 709th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 9th Quartermaster Company 9th Signal Company Military Police Platoon Band 9th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment 376th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion Detachment Statistics Chronology Activated 1 August 1940 Arrived UK 27 November 1943 Arrived Continent (D+4) 10 June 1944 Entered Combat 14 June 1944 (First elements in combat in North Africa 8 November 1942; entire division entered combat 26 March 1943) Days in Combat 264 Casualties Total battle casualties: 23,277 Killed in action: 3,856 Wounded in action: 17,416 Missing in action: 357 Prisoner of war: 1,648 Campaigns Algeria-French Morocco (Arrowhead device) Tunisia Sicily Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe Individual awards Medal of Honor: 4 Distinguished Service Cross: 86 Legion of Merit: 6 Silver Star: 1,789 Soldier's Medal: 55 Bronze Star: 5,518 Distinguished Flying Cross: 1 Air Medal: 124 Unit awards Presidential Unit Citation, Division Artillery Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, for 21–23 February 1943 (WD GO 115, 1946) Presidential Unit Citation, Military Police Platoon, for 9–15 March 1943 (WD GO 84, 1945) Presidential Unit Citation, Company B, 9th Medical Battalion, for 8–19 March 1945 (WD GO 65, 1946) Presidential Unit Citation, 15th Engineer Combat Battalion, for 14 September-23 October 1944 (WD GO 67, 1946) Presidential Unit Citation, Company B, 15th Engineer Combat Battalion, for 8–19 March 1945 (WD GO 65, 1946) Presidential Unit Citation, 34th Field Artillery Battalion, for 21–23 February 1943 (WD GO 51, 1946) Presidential Unit Citation, 1st Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, for 18 June 1944 (WD GO 10, 1945) Presidential Unit Citation, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, for 11–12 July 1944 (WD GO 24, 1945) Presidential Unit Citation, 1st Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, for 6–9 August 1944 (WD GO 10, 1945) Presidential Unit Citation, 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, for 21–26 June 1944 (WD GO 86, 1944) Presidential Unit Citation, 1st Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment