The 32nd Infantry Division with the M1 Garand and M1903 Springfield rifles ready to disembark in Australia during November 1942.
Activated: 15 October 1940 (National Guard Division from Michigan and Wisconsin).
Campaigns: New Guinea, Southern Philippines, Luzon.
Distinguished Unit Citations: 14. Awards: MH-11 ; DSC-37 ; DSM-1 ; SS-657 ; LM-28; SM-77 ; BSM-2,403 ; A11-95.
Commanders:
Maj. Gen. Irving A. Fish (October 1940March 1942)
Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Harding (March 1942-January 1943)
Maj. Gen. William H. Gill (February 1943 to inactivation).
Inactivated: 28 February 1946 in Japan. (See National Guard.)