26^th Infantry Division

The 26th Infantry Division arrived in France in September 1944 and entered combat in Lorraine the following month as part of Third Army's advance toward the German frontier. On November 8 the division attacked with three regiments abreast: the 101st Infantry Regiment seized Hill 310 on November 11, while the 104th Infantry Regiment pushed east and the 328th Infantry Regiment stormed the Berange Farm strongpoint. The 104th Infantry took Marimont and the 328th Infantry occupied Dieuze on November 20, and both regiments fought house to house in Sarre-Union until December 4. The 328th Infantry attacked Fort Wittring at dawn on December 9 as the Yankee Division pressed toward the West Wall.

During the Ardennes offensive, the division was shifted north with Third Army's pivot toward Bastogne, fighting in Luxembourg and southern Belgium to press into the southern flank of the German salient and help reduce the Bulge through January 1945.

In early 1945, the division resumed the advance into Germany, crossed the Rhine, and pushed east through Bavaria and into Austria and Czechoslovakia as organized resistance collapsed. Though its combat service lasted less than a year, the Yankee Division moved continuously from Lorraine to Central Europe, taking part in both the response to the Ardennes offensive and the final advance across Germany.