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=== 1944 === In July 1944, the division was reorganized as a "light" armored division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eucmh.com/2020/04/10/1st-armored-division-oob-ww-2 |title=1st Armored Division Order of Battle WW2 |website=European Center of Military History |date=10 April 2020 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109084457/https://eucmh.com/2020/04/10/1st-armored-division-oob-ww-2/ |archive-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> All other armored divisions, with exception of [[2nd Armored Division (United States)|2nd Armored]] and [[3rd Armored Division (United States)|3rd Armored]], had been reorganized on 15 September 1943; at that time, 1st Armored was actively engaged in fighting in the [[Italian campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://custermen.com/ItalyWW2/Units/FirstArmd.htm |title=History of the 1st Armored 'Old Ironsides' Division Based on booklet entitled: The Story of the First Armored Division |date=23 February 2008 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118213510/https://custermen.com/ItalyWW2/Units/FirstArmd.htm |archive-date=18 January 2022}}</ref> Its new composition was:<ref>{{cite web|title=Component Elements of the Armored Divisions in World War II|url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/adcomp.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621083058/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/adcomp.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 June 2008|access-date=23 May 2020|publisher=US Army Center of Military History}}</ref> * Headquarters Company * Combat Command A * Combat Command B * Reserve Command * 1st Tank Battalion * 4th Tank Battalion * 13th Tank Battalion * 6th Armored Infantry Battalion * 11th Armored Infantry Battalion * 14th Armored Infantry Battalion * 81st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) * 16th Armored Engineer Battalion * 141st Armored Signal Company * 1st Armored Division Artillery ** 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion ** 68th Armored Field Artillery Battalion ** 91st Armored Field Artillery Battalion * 1st Armored Division Trains ** 123rd Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion ** 47th Armored Medical Battalion ** Military Police Platoon ** Band
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