New leaders took their place as the commander of the two divisions. Armored Field Artillery Battalions numbered the 645th, 646th and 647th were renumbered to include units of the 131st and 132nd Field Artillery assigned to Texas in World War II. Tank Battalions – also re-designated in 1952 – traced their heritage to the 636th Tank Destroyer Battalion and the 112th Cavalry Regiment of World War II. The 144th Armored units replaced the 145th, 146th and 147th Armored Infantry Battalions originally assigned to the 49th. The orphan 144th Infantry was returned to the Texas force structure in 1952 when armored infantry units of the 49th Division were re-designated as battalions of the 144th. The 36th remained a three-infantry-regiment triangular division with the 141st, 142nd, and 143rd Infantry Regiments. The state was one of two states to be asked to form an armored division “as an experiment.”īoth units recruited strongly from the large number of World War II veterans in the State and by 1949 both had strengths of 10,000 soldiers each. The 36th Infantry Division was reformed and an armored division, the 49th, was also assigned to Texas. Texas was assigned two National Guard division-sized units after World War II. Texas Military Forces Historical Sketch A Brief History of the Texas National Guard after World War II Reorganization of the Texas National Guard after World War II.
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