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MANEUVER AND FIREPOWER

TABLE 19

Location of Organized Reserve Corps Divisions
Post–World War II

Division Army Area States
13th Armored* Sixth California, Oregon, and Arizona
21st Armored Fifth Michigan and Illinois
22d Armored Fourth Texas and Oklahoma
76th Infantry First Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont
77th Infantry First New York
78th Infantry First New Jersey and Delaware
79th Infantry Second Pennsylvania
80th Airborne Second Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia
81st Infantry Third Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
83d Infantry Second Ohio
84th Airborne Fifth Indiana
85th Infantry Fifth Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota
87th Infantry Third Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Florida
89th Infantry Fifth Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado
90th Infantry Fourth Texas
91st Infantry Sixth California, Oregon, and Washington
94th Infantry First Massachusetts
95th Infantry Fourth Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana
96th Infantry Sixth Montana, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah
98th Infantry First New York
100th Airborne Second Kentucky and West Virginia
102d Infantry Fifth Missouri and Illinois
103d Infantry Fifth Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota
104th Infantry Sixth Washington and Oregon
108th Airborne Third Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Alabama

* 13th Armored Division replaced the 19th Armored Division in 1947.

Organized Reserve Corps' block of numbers fell the 92d and 93d Infantry Divisions, but they were not classified as a part of that component. The War Department, however, decided not to maintain all-black divisions or use their traditional numbers in the postwar reorganization.[1]

Two changes took place shortly after the reorganization of the reserve divisions. In 1947 the 13th Armored Division replaced the 19th in the Organized Reserve Corps, and the 52d Infantry Division became the 49th in the National

  1. AGF map showing location of division headquarters and states to which division have been allotted, 27 Apr 47, Army Reserve Reference Paper files, DAMH-HSO; WD Cir 124, 1946.