480^th Armored Infantry Regiment

The 480th Armored Infantry Regiment was activated at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, on March 15, 1943, and assigned to the 20th Armored Division. Its regiment-level service was brief. On September 10, 1943, before the division deployed overseas, it was reorganized into the battalion-based armored division structure.

The regiment, less the 1st and 2nd Battalions, became the 8th Armored Infantry Battalion. The 1st Battalion became the 65th Armored Infantry Battalion, and the 2nd Battalion became the 70th Armored Infantry Battalion. Those successor battalions served with the 20th Armored Division after it reached France in February 1945 and later moved into Germany, fought in the drive on Munich, crossed the Inn at Wasserburg, and advanced toward Salzburg before hostilities ended. The 480th Armored Infantry Regiment itself had no separate combat record, so its proper regiment-level summary is an administrative account of activation, assignment, and reorganization.