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** 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
** 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
* 24th Armored Engineer Battalion
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** 126th Armored Ordnance Battalion
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The '''4th Armored Division''' was an [[Division (military)#Armored division|armored division]] of the [[United States Army]] that earned distinction while spearheading [[George S. Patton|General Patton's]] [[United States Army Central|Third Army]] in the [[European theater of World War II]].

The 4th Armored Division, unlike most other U.S. armored divisions during World War II, did not officially adopt a nickname for the division during the war. However, their unofficial nickname [[Nicknames of United States Army divisions|"Name Enough"]] came into use postwar; the division commander having said, "Fourth Armored Division was name enough"; "They shall be known by their deeds alone." The 4th was named the [[Nicknames of United States Army divisions|"Breakthrough"]] division in 1954, but that name was eventually discontinued.<ref>The Armored Sentinel, Fort Hood, Texas, 15 April 1954 [http://www.hood.army.mil/history/1950/4th_armored_division_to_be_activ.htm] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031305/http://www.hood.army.mil/history/1950/4th_armored_division_to_be_activ.htm |date=24 September 2015 )) Retrieved 30 September 2014</ref>

==History==
The 4th Armored Division was activated during [[World War II]] on 15 April 1941 with 3,800 men (10,000 by the end of May 1941) from various other units, at [[Pine Camp]] (Camp Drum, 1951; [[Fort Drum]], 1974), [[New York (state)|New York]] under its first Commanding General, Brigadier General Henry W. Baird.

===World War II===
The division was organized as a full Armored Division in May and June 1942 under the command of [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] [[John Shirley Wood]]. It left Pine Camp for [[Camp Forrest]] for the [[Tennessee]] maneuvers in the [[Cumberland Mountains]] held in September and October. In mid-November, it was transferred to the [[Camp Ibis]] [[Desert Training Center]] (DTC) in the California-Arizona maneuver area and was the first Armored Division to occupy Camp Ibis near [[Needles, California]] in the [[Mojave Desert]], which was close to the Arizona and Nevada borders. On 3 June, the 4th AD arrived at [[Camp Bowie]], Texas, an armored training center located in central Texas near Brownwood, for more maneuvers until about December when it departed for [[Camp Myles Standish]] in [[Massachusetts]] for winter training. On 29 December, the 4th AD departed Boston to conduct training in [[England]] in preparation for the [[invasion of Normandy]].

====France====
After training in England from January to July 1944, the 4th Armored Division landed at [[Utah Beach]], on 11 July, over a month after the initial [[Normandy landings]], and first entered combat on 17 July; on 28 July, battle action as part of the [[VIII Corps (United States)|VIII Corps]] exploitation force for [[Operation Cobra]], the 4th AD secured the [[Coutances]] area. The 4th AD then swung south to take [[Nantes]], cutting off the [[Brittany]] Peninsula, 12 August 1944. Turning east, it drove swiftly across France north of the [[Loire]], smashed across the [[Moselle (river)|Moselle]] 11–13 September, flanked [[Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle|Nancy]] and captured [[Lunéville]], 16 September. The 4th AD fought several German [[panzergrenadier]] [[brigade]]s in the Lorraine area including the [[SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49]] and [[SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51]] at this time, [[Battle of Arracourt|defeating a larger German force]] through superior tactics and training.<ref name=vanguard>((cite book |title=Patton's Vanguard: The United States Army Fourth Armored Division |last=Fox |first=Don M. |year=2003 |publisher=McFarland & Co |location=Jefferson, N.C. |isbn=0-7864-1582-7 |oclc=52766067 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wrD_sZmIaocC ))</ref>

After maintaining a defensive line, [[Chambrey]] to [[Xanrey]] to [[Hénaménil]], from 27 September to 11 October, the 4th AD rested briefly before returning to combat 9 November with an attack in the vicinity of [[Viviers, Moselle|Viviers]]. The 4th AD cleared [[Bois de Serres]], 12 November, advanced through [[Dieuze]] and crossed the [[Saar River]], 21–22 November, to establish and expand bridgehead and took [[Gros-Réderching|Singling]] and [[Bining]], then [[Baerendorf]]<ref>((in lang|fr)) [http://www.dday-overlord.com/forum/etait-aout-1944-t2469-220.html#p50357 www.dday-overlord.com La 4e Division Blindée le 24 novembre 1944.] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215042908/http://www.dday-overlord.com/forum/etait-aout-1944-t2469-220.html#p50357 |date=15 December 2014 ))</ref> 24 November, before being relieved 8 December.

The 4th Armored Division received the following unit awards from France: [[Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (France)|Croix de Guerre with Palm]] (27–29 July 1944), Croix de Guerre with Palm (12–29 September 1944), and [[Fourragere|French Fourragere]] in the colors of the Croix de Guerre.

====Battle of the Bulge====
Two days after the Germans launched their [[Battle of the Bulge|Ardennes Offensive]], the 4th AD entered the fight (18 December 1944), racing northwest into [[Belgium]], covering 150 miles in 19 hours.<ref name=vanguard/> The 4th AD, spearheading Patton's Third Army, attacked the Germans at [[Bastogne]] and, on 26 December, was the first unit ([[37th Armor Regiment (United States)|Company C, 37th Tank Battalion]] led the 4th Armored Division column that relieved Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge)<ref>25 February 2009. [http://www.army.mil/article/17393/] Retrieved 10 October 2014</ref> to break through at Bastogne and relieve the besieged [[101st Airborne Division]]. Six weeks later the 4th AD jumped off from [[Luxembourg City]] in an eastward plunge that carried it across the [[Moselle River]] at [[Trier]], south, and east to [[Worms, Germany|Worms]], and across the [[Rhine]], 24–25 March 1945. Advancing all night, the 4th AD crossed the [[Main River]] the next day, south of Hanau, and continued to push on. [[Lauterbach (Hesse)|Lauterbach]] fell 29 March, [[Creuzburg]] across the [[Werra]] on 1 April, [[Gotha]] on 4 April – where the 4th AD liberated [[Ohrdruf concentration camp]], the first Nazi camp liberated by U.S. troops.<ref>[https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10006135 Holocost Encyclopedia]</ref> By 12 April the 4th AD was across the [[Saale River]]. Pursuit of the enemy continued, and by 6 May the division had crossed into [[Czechoslovakia]] and established a bridgehead across the [[Otava River]] at [[Strakonice]], with forwarding elements at [[Písek]]. The 4th AD was reassigned to the [[XII Corps (United States)|XII Corps]] on 30 April 1945.<ref>((cite book |title=Order of Battle of the United States Army World War II European Theater of Operations: Divisions |url=http://www.history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/etoob-toc.htm |chapter-url=http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/4AD-ETO.htm |chapter=4th Armored Division |last1=Office of the Theater Historian |location=Paris |date=December 1945 |publisher=Office of the Theater Historian |pages=448–459 |access-date=31 March 2011 |archive-date=11 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184458/http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/ETOOB-TOC.htm |url-status=dead ))</ref> The 4th AD received the following Letter of Commendation:<ref name="Lone Sentry">[http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/4tharmored/ Lone Sentry]</ref>

<blockquote>
To: Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey
''The outstanding celerity of your movement and the unremitting, vicious and skillful manner in which you pushed the attack, terminating at the end of four days and nights of incessant battle in the relief of Bastogne, constitutes one of the finest chapters in the glorious history of the United States Army. You and the officers and men of your command are hereby commended for a superior performance.''

((center| Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., Commander, Third U.S. Army ))
</blockquote>

The 4th AD's second commander, Major General John Shirley Wood, (known as "P" Wood to his contemporaries, the "P" standing for "Professor", and "Tiger Jack" to his men) who took over the division officially on 18 June 1942, trained the 4th Armored Division for two years before he personally led it into combat in France, on 28 July 1944, and was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]. On 1 August, Gen. [[George S. Patton|George Patton]]'s [[United States Army Central|U.S. Third Army]] became operational and the 4th AD became the spearhead of the Third Army. The British military armor theorist and historian, Capt. [[B. H. Liddell Hart|Basil Henry Liddell Hart]], once referred to General Wood as "the [[Erwin Rommel|Rommel]] of the American armored forces." Like Rommel, Wood commanded from the front, and preferred staying on the offensive, using speed and envelopment tactics to confuse the enemy. General Wood often utilized a light [[L-4 Grasshopper|Piper Cub]] liaison aircraft flown by his personal pilot, Maj. [[Charles Carpenter (pilot)|Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter]], to keep up with his rapidly moving division, sometimes personally carrying corps orders from headquarters directly to his advancing armored columns.<ref>Kerns, Raymond C., ''Above the Thunder: Reminiscences of a Field Artillery Pilot in World War II'', Kent State University Press, ((ISBN|978-0-87338-980-8)), ((ISBN|0-87338-980-8)) (2009), pp. 23-24, 293-294</ref>

On 3 December 1944, General Wood was relieved as division commander. The division was then led by Major General [[Hugh Gaffey]] through the Battle of the Bulge until March 23, when Brigadier General William M. Hoge was awarded command. Major General Fay B. Prickett commanded during the occupation period. Major General [[Archibald R. Kennedy]] commanded the division after the war.

Among the most famous members of the 4th AD during World War II was [[Creighton Abrams]], who commanded the [[37th Armor Regiment (United States)|37th Tank Battalion]]. Abrams later rose to command all U.S. forces in South Vietnam during the [[Vietnam War]] and served as Army Chief of Staff in the 1970s. The [[M-1 tank]] is named after him.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/m1.html |title=m-1 abrahms |work=The Gulf War, [[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]|access-date=31 March 2011))</ref> Abrams' friend, [[Harold Cohen (soldier)|Harold Cohen]], commanded the 10th Armored Infantry Battalion and fought in concert with Abrams' tanks.<ref name=":3">((Cite journal |date=1996-05-09 |title=Salute to Lt. Col. Harold Cohen on his Receipt of Distinguished Service Cross |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1996-05-09/html/CREC-1996-05-09-pt1-PgH4787-3.htm |journal=[[Congressional Record]] |volume=142 |issue=64 |pages=H4787–H4788 |access-date=2023-01-18))</ref>

==== WWII Composition ====
The division was composed of the following units:<ref>((cite web |title=Order of Battle of the US Army - WWII - ETO - 4th Armored Division |url=https://history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/4AD-ETO.htm |publisher=US Army Center of Military History |access-date=22 May 2020))</ref>

* Headquarters
* Headquarters Company
* Combat Command A
* Combat Command B
* Combat Command Reserve
* 8th Tank Battalion
* 35th Tank Battalion
* 37th Tank Battalion
* 10th Armored Infantry Battalion
* 51st Armored Infantry Battalion
* 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion
* Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Armored Division Artillery
** 22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion
** 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
** 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
* 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
* 24th Armored Engineer Battalion
* 144th Armored Signal Company
* 4th Armored Division Train Headquarters and Headquarters Company
** 126th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
** 4th Armored Medical Battalion
** Military Police Platoon
** Band

===Post-war===
[[File:M114A1 Armored Cavalry Platoon 2.54th Infantry, 4th AD Grafenwohr.jpg|thumb|right|[[M114 armored fighting vehicle|M114A1]] of the Armored Cavalry Platoon 2/54th Infantry, 4th Armored Division takes part in exercises in Grafenwöhr, Germany.]]
After a tour of occupation duty in Germany, the 4th AD returned to the United States for inactivation. Most of its elements, however, remained as occupation forces in Germany after redesignation as the [[United States Constabulary|First Constabulary Brigade]].<ref>''The Armored Sentinel'', Fort Hood, Texas, 15 April 1954</ref> In 1949, it was redesignated the 4th Armored Division and inactivated on 20 May 1949.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.cookebarracks.com/john_francis/john_francis.html |title=''Cooke Barracks: A Chronology, 1945-2005'' |access-date=22 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208103445/http://cookebarracks.com/john_francis/john_francis.html |archive-date=8 February 2015 |url-status=dead  ))</ref>

The 4th AD was reactivated on 15 June 1954 at [[Fort Hood]] in [[Killeen, Texas]] with the name '''4th Armored "Breakthrough" Division'''<ref>''The Armored Sentinel'', Fort Hood Texas, 15 April 1954 [http://www.hood.army.mil/history/1950/4th_armored_division_to_be_activ.htm] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031305/http://www.hood.army.mil/history/1950/4th_armored_division_to_be_activ.htm |date=24 September 2015 )) Retrieved 27 Sept. 2014</ref> ("Breakthrough" was discontinued some years afterwards). In late 1957, the 4th AD was rotated to [[West Germany]] as part of [[Operation Gyroscope]], replacing the [[2nd Armored Division (United States)|2nd Armored Division]]. Cooke Barracks in [[Göppingen]] served as the division headquarters. The division appears to have been part of [[VII Corps (United States)|VII Corps]] for most of this period.

On 30 June 1958, Combat Command "A" was at Wiley Barracks, [[Neu-Ulm|New Ulm]], It comprised 2d Medium Tank Battalion (MTB), [[66th Armored Regiment|66th Armor]] (Leipheim); 2d Armored Rifle Battalion (ARB), [[41st Infantry Regiment (United States)|41st Infantry]] (Neu Ulm); and 2d Armored Rifle Battalion, [[51st Infantry Regiment (United States)|51st Infantry]]. Combat Command "B" was at Ferris Barracks, [[Erlangen]], comprising the 1st MTB, [[35th Armor Regiment|35th Armor]] (Ferris Barracks); 2d MTB, [[67th Armor Regiment|67th Armor]] (Fürth); 2d ARB, 50th Infantry (Ferris Barracks); and 2d Reconnaissance Squadron, 15th Cavalry.<ref>4th Armored Division Yearbook 1958 via usarmygermany.com</ref> Combat Command "C" was at McKee Barracks, [[Crailsheim]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.usarmygermany.com/Units/4th%20Armd%20Div/USAREUR_4th%20Armd%20Div.htm|title=4th Armored Division))</ref> It comprised 1st MTB, [[37th Armor Regiment|37th Armor]] (McKee Barracks) and 1st ARB, [[54th Infantry Regiment (United States)|54th Infantry]].<ref>4th Armored Division Yearbook 1958</ref>

The 4th AD remained in Germany until final inactivation in May 1971, when it was reflagged as the [[1st Armored Division (United States)|1st Armored Division]].

===In popular culture===

In [[Harold Coyle]]'s 1993 [[techno-thriller]] "The Ten Thousand", the 4th Armored Division forms part of the [[X Corps (United States)|US Army Tenth Corps]], and much of the novel's action is depicted from the point of view of members of the division.<ref>((cite book|last=Coyle|first=Harold|author-link=Harold Coyle|title=The Ten Thousand|url=https://archive.org/details/tenthousand00coyl|url-access=registration|publisher=Pocket Books|year=1993|isbn=0-671-85292-2))</ref>

==List of Commanding Generals during the Cold War==
*Maj-Gen [[Andrew P. O'Meara]] (1 Aug 1957 – 13 Feb 1959)
*Maj-Gen James B. Quill (14 Feb 1959 – 1 Apr 1960)
*Maj-Gen [[John K. Waters]] (2 Apr 1960 – 27 Aug 1961)
*Maj-Gen [[James H. Polk]] (28 Aug 1961 – 30 Nov 1962)
*Maj-Gen John F. Franklin Jr. (1 Dec 1962 – 31 May 1964)
*Maj-Gen Alexander D. Surles Jr. (1 Jun 1964 – 17 Dec 1965)
*Maj-Gen [[James W. Sutherland]] (18 Dec 1965 – 23 May 1967)
*Maj-Gen Edward C.D. Scherrer (24 May 1967 – 2 Dec 1968)
*Maj-Gen Stephen W. Downey, Jr. (3 Dec 1968 – 4 Feb 1970)
*Maj-Gen William W. Cobb (5 Feb 1970 – 10 May 1971)

==WWII names==
;American<ref name="Lone Sentry"/>
* The Rolling 4th
* Flying 4th
* Phantom 4th
* Ghost Division
* Fire Alarm Division
; German<ref name="Lone Sentry"/>
* American Elite Fourth Armored Division
* Roosevelt's Butchers (by Nazi propagandists)

==WWII statistics==
;Casualties<ref name="Nonbattle Deaths 1953">Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths, Final Report (Statistical and Accounting Branch, Office of the Adjutant General, 1 June 1953)</ref>
*Total battle casualties: 6,212
*Killed in action: 1,143
*Wounded in action: 4,551
*Missing in action: 65
*Prisoners of war: 453

; Medal of Honor recipients
*[[James H. Fields]]
*[[James R. Hendrix]]
*[[Joseph J. Sadowski]]

;Unit awards
The 4th Armored Division was the first U.S. Armored Division to be awarded the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]]:
*[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation (Army)]], World War II (ARDENNES, 22 December 1944 – 27 March 1945; WD GO 54, 1945)
*[[Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (France)|French Croix de Guerre with Palm]], World War II (NORMANDY, 27–30 July 1944; DA GO 43, 1950)
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II (MOSELLE RIVER, 12–29, September 1944; DA GO 43, 1950)
*French [[Fourragere]] (Croix de Guerre colors), World War II (DA GO 43, 1950)

;Assignments
#[[First United States Army]]: 18 December 1943
#[[VIII Corps (United States)|VIII Corps]]: 22 January 1944
#[[XX Corps (United States)|XX Corps]]: 9 March 1944
#[[XV Corps (United States)|XV Corps]]: 20 April 1944
#[[VIII Corps (United States)|VIII Corps]]: 15 July 1944
#[[XII Corps (United States)|XII Corps]]: 13 August 1944
#[[III Corps (United States)|III Corps]]: 19 December 1944
#[[VIII Corps (United States)|VIII Corps]]: 2 January 1945
#[[XII Corps (United States)|XII Corps]]: 12 January 1945
#[[VIII Corps (United States)|VIII Corps]]: 4 April 1945
#[[X Corps (United States)|X Corps]]: 9 April 1945
#[[VIII Corps (United States)|VIII Corps]]: 17 April 1945

==See also==
* [[Divisions of the United States Army]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[https://history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/4AD-ETO.htm 4th Armored Division official record]
* ((Internet Archive film clip|id=gov.archives.arc.95745|description="Longines Chronoscope with Gen. John S. Wood (2 April 1952)"))
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150208103445/http://cookebarracks.com/john_francis/john_francis.html Cooke Barracks: A Chronology, 1945–2005]
* [http://2-5-germany.com//67.htm 1958 4th armored division yearbook]
* [http://pattonsvanguard.com Daily chronology of the Fourth Armored Division] 

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[[Category:United States Army divisions during World War II|Armored Division, U.S. 04th]]
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