<P> The first commissioned officers serving in the Army of the United States were appointed from the Regular Army . The standard practice that these officers held a "permanent rank" within the Regular Army as well as a higher "temporary rank" while serving in the Army of the United States . A typical situation might be a colonel in the AUS holding the permanent rank of captain in the Regular Army . Another term for rank held in the Army of the United States was "theater rank ." </P> <P> Promotions within the Army of the United States were sometimes very rapid, and some officers were promoted as many as four to five times in the space of just three to four years . Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served as General of the Army, rose from a colonel to five - star general in three years . However, rank in the AUS could be revoked just as easily, with senior commanders who were relieved reverting to their permanent Regular Army rank . This was known as "loss of theater rank", with some instances of generals returning to the United States in disgrace or at least under a cloud, as only colonels or majors . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Division </Th> <Th> Date Activated </Th> <Th> Campaign Participation Credit </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11th Airborne Division </Th> <Td> 25 February 1942 </Td> <Td> New Guinea, Southern Philippines, Luzon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13th Airborne Division </Th> <Td> 15 August 1943 </Td> <Td> No combat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17th Airborne Division </Th> <Td> 15 April 1943 </Td> <Td> Ardennes - Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 101st Airborne Division </Th> <Td> 15 August 1942 </Td> <Td> Normandy, Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 10 October 1941 </Td> <Td> Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 15 February 1942 </Td> <Td> Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 15 February 1942 </Td> <Td> Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 1 April 1942 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 15 July 1942 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 15 July 1942 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 15 August 1942 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 15 September 1942 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 15 October 1942 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 15 November 1942 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 15 July 1943 </Td> <Td> Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 20th Armored Division </Th> <Td> 15 March 1943 </Td> <Td> Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 25th Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 1 October 1941 </Td> <Td> Central Pacific, Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons, Luzon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 42nd Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 14 July 1943 </Td> <Td> Ardennes - Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 63rd Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 15 June 1943 </Td> <Td> Ardennes - Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 65th Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 16 August 1943 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 66th Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 15 April 1943 </Td> <Td> Northern France </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 69th Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 15 May 1943 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 70th Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 15 June 1943 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 71st Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 15 July 1943 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 75th Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 15 April 1943 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 92nd Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 15 October 1942 </Td> <Td> North Appenines, Po Valley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 93rd Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 15 May 1942 </Td> <Td> New Guinea, Northern Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 106th Infantry Division </Th> <Td> 15 March 1943 </Td> <Td> Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10th Mountain Division </Th> <Td> 15 July 1943 </Td> <Td> North Appenines, Po Valley </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Division </Th> <Th> Date Activated </Th> <Th> Campaign Participation Credit </Th> </Tr>

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