15th Division (United States)

15th Division (United States)

There have been a number of 15th Divisions in the history of the United States Army.

*15th Division - A National Guard division established in early 1917 consisting of Oklahoma and Texas. By the end of that same year, the 15th Division became the 36th Division (later 36th Infantry Division).

*15th Cavalry Division - A short-lived cavalry division organized on December 10, 1917, and demobilized on May 12, 1918. Elements of the division would later be reconstituted as the 1st Cavalry Division.

*15th Division (World War I) - Organized in 1918 as a regular army and national army division for World War I, the 15th Division did not go overseas and demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Logan, Texas.

*15th Airborne Division - Placed on rolls for World War II, the 15th Airborne Division was never organized.

*15th Armored Division - a "phantom" division in World War II.


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