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The '''39th Infantry Division''' was an [[infantry]] [[division (military)|division]] of the [[Army National Guard]], originally formed as the '''18th Division''' in 1917. The Division consisted of troops from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. After training at [[Camp Beauregard]], Louisiana, the Division was deployed to France but did not see combat before the end of [[World War I]]. The Division was reorganized after [[World War II]] with troops from Louisiana and Arkansas and its headquarters in Louisiana. In 1967, the 39th Infantry Division was reorganized to become the [[39th Infantry Brigade (Separate)]]. Its headquarters is in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]] and the unit consists entirely of troops from the [[Arkansas Army National Guard]].<ref>McGrath, John J. (2004). The Brigade: A History: Its Organization and Employment in the US Army. Combat Studies Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-4404-4915-4. p.170.</ref>

==The State Guard becomes the National Guard==
The [[Militia Act of 1903]] (32 [[United States Statutes at Large|Stat.]] 775), also known as the '''Dick Act''', organized the various state [[militia]]s into the present National Guard system. The act was passed in response to the demonstrated weaknesses in the [[Militia (United States)|militia]], and in the entire U.S. military in the [[Spanish–American War]] of 1898.

[[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Charles W. F. Dick]], a [[Major General]] in the [[Ohio Army National Guard|Ohio National Guard]] and the chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on the Militia|Committee on the Militia]],<ref>{{CongBio|D000302|inline=1}}. Retrieved on 13 September 2009</ref> sponsored the 1903 Act towards the end of the [[57th United States Congress|57th U.S. Congress]]. Under this legislation, passed 21 January 1903, the organized militia of the States were given federal status to the militia, and required to conform to Regular Army organization within five years. The act also required National Guard units to attend 24 drills and five days annual training a year, and, for the first time, provided for pay for annual training. In return for the increased Federal funding which the act made available, militia units were subject to inspection by Regular Army officers, and had to meet certain standards.

The increase in Federal funding was an important development. In 1808 Congress had allocated $200,000 a year to arm the militia; by 1887, the figure had risen to only $400,000. But in 1906, three years after the passage of the Dick Act, $2,000,000 was allocated to arm the militia; between 1903 and 1916, the Federal government spent $53,000,000 on the Guard, more than the total of the previous hundred years.

In Arkansas, re-organization of the Arkansas State Guard actually began in 1901 under Governor Jeff Davis.<ref name="Harry 6">{{Cite journal
|last = Harry
|first = Smith
|title = Arkansas Army and Air National Guard, a History and Record of Events, 1820–1962
|page =6
|publisher=Arkansas Military Department
|location = Little Rock, Arkansas
|date = 21 December 1962}}</ref> Major General W.M. Maynes, in a biannual report dated 31 December 1906 provided an overview of the status of the Arkansas Militia. The Militia was subdivided by statue into parts, (1) the State Guard, or active organize militia: and (2) the Reserve Militia. The State Guard, or regularly enlisted, organized and uniformed militia was at a total strength of 1,274 personnel.<ref name="Harry 7">{{Cite journal
|last = Harry
|first = Smith
|title = Arkansas Army and Air National Guard, a History and Record of Events, 1820–1962
|page =7
|publisher=Arkansas Military Department
|location = Little Rock, Arkansas
|date = 21 December 1962}}</ref> The Federal Government appropriated $35,956.86 for the support of the Arkansas State Guard in that year and the Adjutant General asked the General Assembly for a matching appropriation of one half the Federal appropriation.<ref name="Harry 8">{{Cite journal
|last = Harry
|first = Smith
|title = Arkansas Army and Air National Guard, a History and Record of Events, 1820–1962
|page =8
|publisher=Arkansas Military Department
|location = Little Rock, Arkansas
|date = 21 December 1962}}</ref> Beginning with the passage of the "Dick" Act, the state militia, which had formerly been referred to as the Arkansas State Guard, was henceforth called the Arkansas National Guard. The units of the Arkansas National Guard retained their Designations as the 1st Arkansas Infantry, 2nd Arkansas Infantry, etc., until the beginning of World War I, when all National Guard Units were redesignated with federal numbers. Also beginning with the "Dick" Act, National Guard Units had to meet certain criteria in order to receive "Federal Recognition". These "Federal Recognition" dates became critical to establishing a new unit and receiving Federal funding.

===Geographic Organization===
In 1909 a change was made in the organization of the State Guard. For several years, the state had been organized with the 1st Infantry being stationed north of the Arkansas River and the 2nd Infantry stationed south of the river. The Adjutant General, General Green determined that the building of railroads and highways had made this stationing plan inefficient and issued General Order No 35 which reorganized the regiments and battalions and changed the letter designations of some of the companies. The Regiments were re-stationed so that the 1st Infantry was situated in the eastern part of the state, with its principle "concentration point" being Little Rock, and the 2nd Infantry was stationed in the western part of the state with its "concentration point" at Fort Smith.<ref name="Harry 9">{{Cite journal
|last = Harry
|first = Smith
|title = Arkansas Army and Air National Guard, a History and Record of Events, 1820–1962
|page =9
|publisher=Arkansas Military Department
|location = Little Rock, Arkansas
|date = 21 December 1962}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Regiment<ref>Biennial Report of the Adjutant General of Arkansas to GEO. w. Donaghey, Governor and Commander and Chief, 1910, Page 6</ref>
! Unit
! Station
! Officers
! Enlisted
|-
|Department Officers
|
|Little Rock
|34
|
|-
|
| Brigade Headquarters
| Black Rock
| 4
|
|-
|1st Regiment
| Headquarters,
| Little Rock
| 15
| 5
|-
|
| Company A,
| Prescott
| 3
| 78
|-
|
| Company B,
| Beebe
| 3
| 58
|-
|
| Company C,
| Hot Springs
| 3
| 41
|-
|
| Company D,
| El Dorado
| 3
| 57
|-
|
| Company E,
| Black Rock
| 3
| 56
|-
|
| Company F,
| Jonesboro
| 3
| 64
|-
|
| Company G,
| McCrory
| 2
| 61
|-
|
| Company H,
| Heber Springs
| 3
| 42
|-
|
| Company I,
| Helena
| 3
| 58
|-
|
| Company K,
| Lonoke
| 3
| 71
|-
|
| Company L,
| Piggott
| 3
| 61
|-
|
| Company M,
| Blytheville
| 3
| 55
|-
|
| 1st Regiment Band
| Little Rock
|
| 28
|-
| 2nd Regiment
| Headquarters Company,
| Paris
| 14
| 6
|-
|
| Company A,
| Siloam Springs
| 3
| 55
|-
|
| Company B,
| Fayetteville
| 3
| 52
|-
|
| Company C,
| Dardanelle
| 3
| 71
|-
|
| Company D,
| Eureka Springs
| 3
| 57
|-
|
| Company E,
| Paris
| 3
| 63
|-
|
| Company F,
| Magazine
| 3
| 61
|-
|
| Company G,
| Hope
| 3
| 55
|-
|
| Company H,
| Atkins
| 3
| 61
|-
|
| Company I,
| Yellville
| 3
| 53
|-
|
| Company K,
| Fort Smith
| 3
| 42
|-
|
| Company L,
| Oin
| 3
| 58
|-
|
| Company M,
| Harrison
| 3
| 60
|-
|
|2nd Regimental Band,
|Russellville
|
| 27
|-
|3rd Regiment Band
|
|Hope
|
| 28
|-
|
| Medical Corps,
|Little Rock
| 15
| 14
|-
|}

===Regular Army advisers===

Under Section 30 of the 1903 "Dick" act, the War Department detailed one officer and one sergeant for duty with the Arkansas National Guard on 10 October 1909. On 4 February 1910 a second NCO was detailed to the Guard and a commissioned officer was added on 12 November 1910.<ref name="Harry 10">{{Cite journal
|last = Harry
|first = Smith
|title = Arkansas Army and Air National Guard, a History and Record of Events, 1820–1962
|page =10
|publisher=Arkansas Military Department
|location = Little Rock, Arkansas
|date = 21 December 1962}}</ref>

===The first permanent military camps===
The Officer's Association of the Arkansas National Guard held a meeting on 10 November 1909 to discuss the possibility of obtaining suitable land for a permanent military camp to provide a location for training. A committee was formed and bids were received from the cities of Benton, Dardanelle and Beebe. Ultimately an offer from Beebe of {{convert|200|acre|km2}} at very little cost to the State was accepted. Camp W. M Haynes was named in honor of a former commanding General. Improvements to this camp were paid for with federal funds.<ref name="Harry 10"/> Other ranges were maintained at leased sites including Camp X.O. Findall, in Little Rock; Camp J. N. Wright at Fort Smith; Camp C. B. Gregg in Jonesboro; and Camp John S. Little in Russellville. The State owned no permanent armories during this time but did fund leases for most companies.

===Increased training with new funding===
With the new Federal funding in place State National Guard units were encouraged to participate in bi-annual encampments with the Regular Army. In 1906 Arkansas sent one provisional regiment to Fort Riley, Kansas for training. In 1908 a provisional Regiment trained at Leon Springs, Texas. In 1910 Arkansas Troops were invited back to Leon Springs, Texas for a 12-day encampment and the federal government provided $25,000 to defray the costs of the encampment.<ref name="Harry 11">{{Cite journal
|last = Harry
|first = Smith
|title = Arkansas Army and Air National Guard, a History and Record of Events, 1820–1962
|page =11
|publisher=Arkansas Military Department
|location = Little Rock, Arkansas
|date = 21 December 1962}}</ref>

Companies A-D-F-H-I and M of the First Infantry and Companies A-B-F-C-I and M of the Second Infantry participated in an encampment at Dardanelle, Arkansas from 9–18 August 1909. The units were trained by members of the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, U.S. Army.<ref name="Harry 11"/>

==Mexican Expedition 1916==
{{Main|Pancho Villa Expedition}}
[[File:Company A, 1st Arkansas, Mexican Expedition.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|Company A, First Arkansas Infantry, on the skirmish line near Deming, New Mexico, during the 1916 Mexican Expedition]]The Mexican Expedition was a [[military operation]] conducted by the [[United States Army]] against the paramilitary forces of [[Pancho Villa|Francisco "Pancho" Villa]] from 1916 to 1917. The expedition was in retaliation for Villa's illegal incursion into the United States and attack on the village of [[Columbus, New Mexico|Columbus]], [[Luna County, New Mexico]], during the [[Mexican Revolution]]. The [[United States Army Center of Military History]] officially refers to the campaign as "the Mexican Expedition". The official beginning and ending dates are 14 March 1916 and 7 February 1917. National Guard units from Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico had been called into service on 8 May 1916.<ref>Prologue Magazine, Winter 1997, Vol. 29, No. 4, The United States Armed Forces and the Mexican Punitive Expedition: Part 2 By Mitchell Yockelson, Retrieved 24 Feb 10, http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/winter/mexican-punitive-expedition-2.html#F8#F8</ref> With congressional approval of the [[National Defense Act of 1916]] on 3 June 1916, National Guard units from the remainder of the states and the District of Columbia were also called for duty on the border.<ref>War Department, Annual Report of the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Year, 1916, Vol. 1 (1916)</ref> By mid-June President Wilson had called out more than 110,000 National Guard for border service. None of the National Guard troops would cross the border into Mexico but were used instead as a show of force.

In July 1916, the entire Arkansas National Guard was mobilized for federal service on the Mexican border.<ref name="arngmuseum5">{{cite web
|title = The Arkansas National Guard Museum, Mexican Border
|url = http://www.arngmuseum.com/mb.htm
|accessdate =15 February 2010}}</ref> Arkansas units began to assemble immediately at Fort Roots, near Little Rock. Of the 2,078 Guardsmen that answered the call, only 1,208 passed the new physical standards for entry into Federal service.<ref name="arngmuseum5"/> The Arkansas Troops received orders on 29 June to move to Deming New Mexico in order to replace regular troops joining the actual expedition into Mexico and prepare if Mexico reacted to the incursion. The Arkansas troops were not engaged in Mexico and returned to Little Rock in February, mustering out of service 19–24 February at Fort Logan Roots.<ref name=military>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=393|title=Military|publisher=The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture|accessdate=22 December 2009}}</ref> This mobilization of the National Guard along the Mexican border was the training ground for many future leaders of the Arkansas National Guard. Many of the officers who led Arkansas National Guard units in the early years of [[World War I]] and [[World War II]] began their service on the Mexican border.<ref name="arguard.org">{{cite web
|title = The Arkansas National Guard, Early History
|url = http://www.arguard.org/ArmyGuard/hist.htm
|accessdate =12 February 2010}}</ref>

==World War I==
{{Main|World War I}}

===Status on Eve of War===
When the United States declared war on Germany 6 April 1917, less than two months had passed since the last Arkansas National Guard units completed mustering out from duty on the Mexican border.<ref>The Encyclopedia of Arkansas, Arkansas National Guard, Retrieved 27 January 2010, http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3192</ref> In March 1917, the Arkansas National Guard had been in danger of having its Federal recognition withdrawn. The problem was scarcity of men<ref>"Guards Only Hitch Is Scanty of Men", ''Arkansas Democrat'' (Evening Edition), 27 March 1917, p. 4.</ref> Company "E", 1st Arkansas Infantry, Little Rock Company, had only twenty men and should have had thirty-two additional men. The reason for the shortage was the lack of interest of the businessmen of Little Rock. The employers would not let men off for training, thereby discouraging their employees from joining.<ref>"Company E with 20 Men Need Aid", ''Arkansas Democrat'' (Evening Edition), 27 March 1917, p. 4.</ref>

===Mobilization===
While Congress was debating the declaration of war the 1st Regiment was mobilized 31 March 1917, and began reporting to Fort Roots in North Little Rock. With the increased speculation of the entry of the United States in the war in Europe, plans for mobilization were published.<ref>"Navy, Army, Guard, Women Unite for Big Mass Meeting," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 31 March 1917, p. 1.</ref> The War Department initially called the 1st Regiment of the Arkansas National Guard into Federal service for the purpose of police protection.<ref>"Arkansas Guardsmen Called Out," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 31 March 1917, p. 1.</ref> Meanwhile, Governor Charles H. Brough was planning to withhold $25,000 of the State’s appropriation to the Arkansas National Guards, hoping that the Federal government would bear the financial burden of the Arkansas National Guard.<ref>"Recreate the Militia," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 31 March 1917, p. 4.</ref>

The units of the 1st Arkansas were to proceed to Ft. Roots outside of Little Rock for mobilization when the companies had reached the minimum company strength of sixty-five men. The minimum strength was difficult to achieve because of new orders from the War Department mustering out guardsmen with families and those with previous orders. This released all men employed in government work. To counteract the men mustered out, companies were held at their home stations as long as possible to stimulate recruiting. It was known by guard officers that when a company leaves its home station the boys of the community lose interest in joining the guard the fear that they will not be assigned to their local company.<ref>Arkansas Guards to Gather at Ft. Roots for Mobilization," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 3 April 1917, p. 15.</ref> Recruiting for the guard was greatly aided when Armour, one of the largest companies in Little Rock, gave the difference between salaries to its regular employees who had enlisted in the Arkansas National Guard before 31 March 1917, and were called into active service.<ref>"Armour to Pay Men Who Are Guardsmen," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 5 April 1917, p. 5.</ref> Individuals also were exemplifying patriotism; one man upon learning the need of men for the guards left his work in the fields and walked thirty miles to enlist.<ref>"Walks 30 Miles to Join Guards," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 17 April 1917, p. 1.</ref>

By 4 April 1917, the 1st Arkansas Regiment was ready to move to Little Rock, and company commanders were ordered to report by wire the hour and date they expected to leave their home stations. New companies at Forrest City, Dewitt, Rison, and Fordyce were being organized with the idea of "beating Uncle Sam" and not being drafted.<ref>"Headquarters Men of 1st Arkansas Ready to Mobilize," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 4 April 1917, p. 1.</ref> The 2nd Arkansas Regiment was on forty-eight hour stand by and had not received mobilization orders.<ref>"Fort Smith Adds 15 to Machine Gun Company," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 4 April 1917, p. 3.</ref>

To equip the companies of the 1st Arkansas, U.S. Arsenals sent to Ft. Roots 2,000 rifles, 1,500 uniforms, 2,000 blankets, 1,000 cots, 2,000 pairs of shoes, and 100 pyramidal tents.<ref>"U. S. Arsenals Send Equipment Here for Arkansas Guard," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 5 April 1917, p. 1.</ref>

Policies were established to cope with men unable to pass physical examinations. It was determined that these men were to be mustered into Federal service, their status remaining the same as those men passing the physical examination. After being mustered into Federal service, the men who were unable to pass the physical examination were given discharges and furnished with transportation to their homes.<ref name="Capital Intruder 1917, p. 1">"Soldiers Fire on Capital Intruder," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 13 April 1917, p. 1.</ref> The 1st Arkansas Infantry was proud of its record of only 12 per cent being discharged because of physical defects. When the 1st Arkansas Infantry was mobilized for duty on the Mexican border 50 per cent of its men were rejected because of Physical defects.<ref>"Thirteen Recruits Are Added to Corps," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 18 April 1917, p. 5.</ref>

The first military operation the Arkansas National Guard was assigned was a "find and destroy" mission of a "spy" wireless station located somewhere in the Blue Mountains. After searching the area, they found the station on the highest peak in the Ozarks, Mt. Magazine. It was a forgotten and abandoned radio station used by the Government Geodetic Survey Corps.<ref>"National Guardsmen Search for Wireless Station in Arkansas," Arkansas Democrat, Evening Edition, 4 April 1917, p. 1.</ref> The second military campaign concerning the right of the governor to order a detail of Arkansas National Guards to Bauxite was fought on paper between Colonel James, Commanding Officer of the Arkansas National Guard, and Governor Brough. The need for troops at Bauxite was due to a German flag being flown by a grape grower. Colonel James refused to send troops on the grounds that he took his orders from General Pershing. The matter was settled when the flag disappeared.<ref>"German Flag Flies A.N.G. Heads Discuss Right to Remove It," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 7 April 1917, p. 1.</ref>

The 1st Arkansas was assigned the duty of guarding the State Capital. The Capital contained the arsenal of the Arkansas National Guard. Troops were placed in and around the building. Company "B" (from Beebe), 1st Arkansas Regiment, was camped on the west side of the Capital, having the distinction of being the first company assigned guard duty. Only persons having passes issued by the Secretary of State, T. J. Terral, could be admitted to the Capital and grounds.<ref>"State Capital Is Put Under Guard of Armed Troops," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 10 April 1917, p. 1.</ref> Four nights later the men from Company "B" could claim another first for their company when two guardsmen fired eight shots and frightened off an intruder.<ref name="Capital Intruder 1917, p. 1"/>

===3rd Arkansas Infantry Organized===
17 April 1917, plans for the creation of a new regiment, the 3rd Arkansas were formulated. Enlistments were to be for the duration of the war. On 16 May 1917, it was announced that Little Rock was allowed to have a second infantry company which was part of the 3rd Arkansas Regiment.<ref>"Little Rock Will Be Allowed Second Infantry Company," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 16 May 1917. p. 1.</ref> Recruitment for men in Little Rock was carried out by seventeen girls wearing badges bearing the words, "If You Are A Real Man Enlist." The girls distributed buttonhole tags with, "Are You A Slacker?" The other side of the tag read, "Are You A Man?" The girls worked until 5 June 1917, when the draft law became effective.<ref>"Little Rock Girls Recruit," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 24 May 1917, p. 1.</ref> The pay per month for the enlisted men was as follows:<ref>"Plan New Units for Arkansas Guardsmen," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 17 April 1917, p. 1.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Pay
|-
| Sergeants, First Class
| $45
|-
| Sergeants
| $36
|-
| Privates, First Class
| $18
|-
| Privates
| $15
|-
| Cooks
| $30
|}

To qualify for a commission in the guard an individual had to be a former officer or private of the guard, officer on reserve or unassigned list, active or retired officer of the regular army, navy or marine corps; graduate of the United States military or naval academy or graduate of schools, colleges or university where military science under a regular army officer is taught are eligible for commission.<ref name="Form New Regiment 1917, p. 1">"Militia Units at Sixteen Cities to Form New Regiment," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 14 May 1917, p. 1.</ref>

The age limits that were established for officers of the new units were these :<ref name="Form New Regiment 1917, p. 1"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Age Requirements
|-
| Colonel
| 2l to 65 years
|-
| Lieutenant Colonel
| 21 to 50 years
|-
| Majors
| 2l to 45years
|-
| Captain
| 21 to 40 years
|-
| First Lieutenant
| 21 to 30 years.
|}

Rumors that the 1st Arkansas would be assigned to levee and bridge guard duties throughout the state<ref>"Plans Under Way for Officer School Here," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 18 April 1917, p. 1.</ref> proved to be false when the men were put to work clearing land for a new campsite for the 1st Arkansas.<ref>"Colonel Bullard to Command When Force Comes Here," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 26 April 1917, p. 1.</ref> When 7,000 Reserve Officer candidates were sent to Ft. Roots, the 1st Arkansas gave up their barracks for tents.<ref>"7,000 Troops Coming to Ft. Roots," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 24 April 1917, p.1.</ref> The 1st Arkansas Soldiers were given anti-smallpox and typhoid fever vaccinations. The new duties for the 1st Arkansas was getting the camp in shape by clearing Out brush and trees, by working on post roads, and by performing guard duty for the camp.<ref>"Physical Defects Release Many Men," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 10 May 1917, p. 1.</ref>

On 18 May 1917, the Arkansas National Guard was notified that on 5 August 1917, the guard as a whole would be called into Federal service.<ref>"Arkansas Guards Called 5 Aug.," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 18 May 1917, p. 1.</ref> This announcement caused the 1st Arkansas to start military training. The 1st Arkansas had one-third of the men resume drilling and training while the other men completed the construction on Ft. Root.<ref>"1st Arkansas Will Resume Its Training," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 18 May 1917, p. 7.</ref>

It was not all work for the men at Ft. Root, however. The Arkansas soldiers were treated to dances and banquets by the citizens of Little Rock.<ref>"Colonel of 1st Assumes Command at Fort L. H. Root," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 5 April 1917, p. 17.</ref> The men of Company "B" of the 1st Arkansas solicited funds at the Capital and used the money to buy baseball suits and baseball materials.<ref>"Soldiers to Play Ball at Capital," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 21 May 1917, p. 1.</ref> The men also enjoyed a "breezy" newspaper which was devoted to the interest of the Arkansas National Guard and called the Volunteer.<ref>"Engineering Corps at Training Camp May Go to Kansas," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 22 May 1917, p. 1.</ref>

The Arkansas National Guard was initially informed that its units would be assigned to the Eighteenth Division, along with the states of Mississippi and Louisiana, and the state was directed to raise one regiment of infantry, one regiment of field artillery, and one company signal corps company.<ref>"Scores of New Guard Regiments Are Needed," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 23 May 1917, p. 4.</ref> The men of the Arkansas National Guard trained hard after hearing the news. Intensified cross county hiking, drilling, and maneuvering were evident when the men took sack lunches and marched into Little Rock for the Memorial Day parade with all other troops stationed at Ft. Root.<ref>"Troops at Ft. Root to Help in Parade," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 28 May 1917, p. 1.</ref>
By 16 July 1917, the Arkansas National Guard included the following :<ref>"6,168 Men, 179 Officers in Guard," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 16 July 1917, p. 1.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Regiment
! Unit
! Station
! Officers
! Enlisted
|-
|Staff Corps
|O.M. Corps
|Little Rock
|3
|22
|-
|
|Ordnance Dept.
| Little Rock
| 1
| 4
|-
|
|Medical Corps,
|Little Rock
| 2
| 5
|-
|
|Dental Corps,
|Little Rock
| 3
| 3
|-
|1st Regiment
|Company A,
|Heber Springs
| 3
| 166
|-
|
|Company B,
|Beebe
| 3
| 149
|-
|
|Company C,
|Arkadelphia
| 3
| 97
|-
|
|Company D,
|El Dorado
| 2
| 70
|-
|
|Company E,
|Little Rock
| 3
| 167
|-
|
|Company F,
|Hope
| 2
| 120
|-
|
|Company G,
|Jonesboro
| 3
| 99
|-
|
|Company H,
|Marvill
| 2
| 98
|-
|
|Company I,
|Warren
| 2
| 103
|-
|
|Company K,
|Dermott
| 3
| 89
|-
|
|Company L,
|Piggott
| 3
| 74
|-
|
|Company M,
|Blytheville
| 3
| 196
|-
|
|Headquarters Company
|Little Rock
| 1
| 33
|-
|
|Supply Company,
|Little Rock
| 2
| 53
|-
|
|Machine Gun Company,
|Little Rock
| 3
| 53
|-
|
|Medical Corps,
| Beebe
| 5
| 22
|-
|2nd Regiment
|Company A,
| Springdale
| 3
| 141
|-
|
|Company B,
|Fayetteville
| 3
| 150
|-
|
|Company C,
|Dardanelle
| 3
| 115
|-
|
| Company D,
|Fort Smith
| 3
| 140
|-
|
|Company E,
|Paris
| 1
| 140
|-
|
|Company G,
|Russellville
| 3
| 140
|-
|
|Company H,
|Bentonville
| 2
| 150
|-
|
|Company I,
|Texarkana
| 2
| 119
|-
|
|Company K,
|Ozark
| 3
| 120
|-
|
|Company L,
|Oin
| 3
| 129
|-
|
|Company M,
|Harrison
| 3
| 100
|-
|
|Headquarters Company,
|Paris
| 2
| 59
|-
|
|Supply Company,
|Van Buren
| 3
| 39
|-
|
|Machine Gun Company,
|Fort Smith
| 3
| 71
|-
|
| Medical Corps,
|Little Rock
| 8
| 32
|-
| 3rd Regiment
| Company A,
| Augusta
| 3
| 150
|-
|
| Company B,
| Little Rock
| 3
| 150
|-
|
|Company C,
| Hot Springs and Camden
| 3
| 160
|-
|
|Company D,
|Morrilton
| 3
| 150
|-
|
|Company E,
|Newport
| 3
| 150
|-
|
|Company F,
|Batesville
| 3
| 160
|-
|
|Company G,
|Walnut Ridge
| 3
| 160
|-
|
|Company H,
|Paragould
| 3
| 160
|-
|
|Company I,
|Ashdown and Nashville
| 3
| 150
|-
|
|Company K,
|Magnolia
| 3
| 150
|-
|
|Company L,
|Fordyce
| 3
| 150
|-
|
|Company M,
|Clarksville
| 3
| 150
|-
|
|Headquarters Company,
|Little Rock
| 2
| 97
|-
|
|Supply Company,
|Little Rock
| 2
| 37
|-
|
|Machine Gun Company,
|Helena
| 4
| 74
|-
|
|Medical Corps,
|Eureka Springs
| 4
| 33
|-
|Ammunition Train
|Headquarters Company,
| Little Rock
| 2
| 8
|-
|
|Small Arms Headquarters Company,
|Little Rock
| 1
| 7
|-
|
|Artillery Headquarters Company,
|Little Rock
| 2
| 19
|-
|
|Company no. 1,
|Little Rock
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 2,
|Helene
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 3,
|Fort Smith
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 4,
|Stuttgart
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 5,
|Stuttgart
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 6,
|Fort Smith
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 7,
|Mammoth Springs
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 8,
|Texarkana
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 9,
|Forrest City
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 10,
|Pine Bluff
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 11,
|Forrest City
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Company no. 12,
|Yellville
| 1
| 55
|-
|
|Ambulance Company,
|Hot Springs
| 5
| 150
|-
|
|Field Hospital,
|Little Rock
| 6
| 72
|}

On 18 July 1917, the Arkansas National Guard was assigned to Alexandria, Louisiana, for training as the Eighteenth Division.<ref>"Arkansas Guards Assigned to Alexandria Camp for Training," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 18 July 1917, p. 1.</ref> Alexandria, Louisiana, is the location of Camp Beauregard. The camp was named after General P. G. T. Beauregard, C.A.A.<ref>"Cantonment Here to be Named Camp Pike after Brig. Gen. Pike," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 16 July 1917, p. 4.</ref>

By 24 July 1917, Company "B" from Beebe was the only unit of the 1st Arkansas National Guard having a full war quota of Men after physical examination for Federal service.<ref>"Company B Only One at War Quota," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 24 July 1917, p. 4.</ref> On 26 July 1917, the first guardsman was killed when James Voinche, Company I, 1st Arkansas Infantry, was killed by a streetcar in Little Rock.<ref>"Infantryman Killed between Street Cars," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 26 July 1917, p.1.</ref>

By August 1917, the 1st Arkansas had become proficient in firing rifles and had practiced with bayoneting dummies. The machine gun company went to Pinnacle Mountain for target practice. The chaplain of the 1st Arkansas was preparing to keep the regiment’s history.<ref>"1st Infantry Enters U.S. Service Sunday," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 2 August 1917 p. 6.</ref> Because Ft. Root was designated a base hospital,<ref>"Arkansas Guard to Train in Louisiana," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 9 August 1917, p. 1.</ref> the men of the 1st Arkansas were transferred from Ft. Root to Camp Pike, adjacent to Ft. Root, and were permitted to sleep in the barracks. The tents were packed by the men with hopes that they would not be unpacked until arrival in France.<ref>"1st-Ark. Moving Over to Camp Pike," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 18 August 1917, p. 1.</ref>

The 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments were examined for Federal service on 6 August 1917, at Ft. Brough (located on the Capital grounds). The regiments, under the control of General Wood,<ref>"Eleven Units Being Mobilized in City," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 6 August 1917, p. 11.</ref> were sent to Ft. Roots<ref>"2nd and 3rd Arkansas Regiments Coming to Ft. Root," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 15 August 1917, p. 1.</ref> and moved to Camp Pike by 24 August 1917.<ref>"2nd Battalion Goes to Camp Pike," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 24 August 1917, p. 1.</ref> The Commander of the supply company of the 3rd Arkansas received instructions from the Augusta Arsenal to go into the open market and buy mess kits to complete the needed equipment for the new regiments.<ref>" ‘Non-Corns’ Named in New Regiment," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 18 August 1917, p. 1.</ref>

Arkansas was proud when the 1st Arkansas Regiment Band appeared in a War Department film.<ref>"1st Arkansas Band in War Department Film," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 27 August 1917, p. 4.</ref> But Arkansas was doubly proud when the largest Southwest parade in over thirty years was held in Little Rock in which the Eighty-seventh Division, Arkansas National Guard, National Army, and the Iowa Field Artillery participated.<ref>"State Demonstration Is Great Success," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 20 September 1917, p. 1.</ref> This was the last parade in the state of Arkansas for many members of the Arkansas National Guard.

===Movement to Camp Beauregard===
In late September, 1917, the Arkansas National Guard moved by train to Camp Beauregard in Alexandria, Louisiana. The trip took about fourteen hours. The 3rd Arkansas regiment used sixty coaches, three standard [[Pullman (car or coach)|Pullmans]], six baggage cars, twelve boxcars, and one stock car.<ref>"Think 3rd Will Move in 48 Hours," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 27 September 1917, p. 6.</ref>

===Re-numbering and loss of state designations===
After being transferred to Camp Beauregard, a reorganization of the troops was made under a new system of organization worked out the War Department.<ref>"3rd Infantry Is Ordered to Entrain for Training Camp," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 26 September 1917, p. 1.</ref> The 18th Division was redesignated as the [[39th Division]]. At this time all National Guard Units were stripped of their state designations and re-numbered under a new Federal System:<ref name="arngmuseum3">{{cite web|title = The Arkansas National Guard Museum, World War I|url = http://www.arngmuseum.com/WWone.htm |accessdate =15 February 2010}}</ref>

*The 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment became the [[153rd Infantry Regiment]],
*the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, minus its machine gun company became the [[142nd Field Artillery Regiment]],<ref>"Shakeup Is Being Made in Arkansas Guard Regiments," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 31 October 1917, p. 1.</ref>
*the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, minus the 3rd Battalion, was redesignated the 154th Infantry Regiment,
*The 3rd Battalion, 3rd Arkansas Infantry and the Machine Gun Company from the 2nd Arkansas were organized as the [[141st Machine Gun Battalion]],<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 14, Page 1184</ref>
*the 1st Arkansas Ammunition Train became the 114th Ammunition Train,
*the 1st Arkansas Ambulance Company and the 1st Arkansas Field Hospital became the [[114th Sanitary Trains]]<ref name="War Department 1918"/><ref name="Artillery 1917, p. 1">"2nd Arkansas to be Artillery," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 1 October 1917, p. 1; and D. T. Herndon, The High Lights of Arkansas History (Little Rock, Arkansas: The Arkansas History Commission, 1922), p. 170.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Headquarters
! New Unit Designation
! Former State Designation
! State
|-
| 39th Division
| HQ and HQ Company
| 2nd Separate Troop, Louisiana Cavalry<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 1, p.1176.</ref>
| Louisiana
|-
| 77th Infantry Brigade
| [[153rd Infantry Regiment]]
| 1st Arkansas Infantry<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 2, p.1178.</ref>
| Arkansas
|-
|
| [[154th Infantry Regiment]]
| 3rd Arkansas Infantry (Minus 3rd Battalion), Companies G, I, M, 1st Louisiana Infantry, less one third men; 1st Battalion, 2nd Mississippi Infantry<ref name="War Department 1918"/>
| Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
|-
|
| [[141st Machine Gun Battalion]]
| 3rd Battalion, 3rd Arkansas Infantry plus Machine Gun Company from 2nd Arkansas Infantry<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 14, p.1184</ref>
| Arkansas
|-
| 78th Infantry Brigade
| [[155th Infantry Regiment]]
| 1st Mississippi Infantry, attachments from Companies F and H, 2nd Mississippi Infantry<ref name="War Department 1918"/>
| Mississippi
|-
|
| [[156th Infantry Regiment]]
| 1st Louisiana Infantry, less companies G, H, I, K, L, and M<ref name="War Department 1918"/>
| Louisiana
|-
|
| 142nd Machine Gun Battalion
| Companies H and L, 1st Louisiana Infantry<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 4, p.1180.</ref>
| Louisiana
|-
| 64th Field Artillery Brigade
| 140th Field Artillery Regiment (75&nbsp;mm)
| 1st Mississippi Field Artillery<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 3, p.1179.</ref>
| Mississippi
|-
|
| [[141st Field Artillery Regiment]] (75&nbsp;mm)
| 1st Louisiana Field Artillery, less 2 officers and 120 men<ref name="War Department 1918"/>
| Louisiana
|-
|
| [[142nd Field Artillery Regiment]] (155&nbsp;mm)
| 2nd Arkansas Infantry, Minus Machine Gun Company<ref>"Shakeup Is Being Made in Arkansas Guard Regiments," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 31 October 1917, p.1.</ref>
| Arkansas
|-
|
| 114th Trench Mortar Battery
| 2 Officers and 120 Men, 1st Louisiana Field Artillery<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 5, p.1181.</ref>
| Louisiana
|-
| Divisional Troops
| 140th Machine Gun Battalion
| Machine Gun Troop, 2nd Separate Squadron, Mississippi Cavalry, 3rd Battalion and Companies G and Machine Gun Company, 2nd Mississippi Infantry<ref name="War Department 1918"/>
| Mississippi
|-
|
| 114th Engineer Regiment
| Company A, Mississippi Engineers, one third enlisted men from Companies G, I, and M, 1st Louisiana Infantry, Band and one half enlisted men from Company E, 2nd Mississippi Infantry<ref name="War Department 1918"/>
| Mississippi, Louisiana
|-
|
| 114th Field Signal Battalion
| One half enlisted men from Company K, 1st Louisiana Infantry, one half enlisted men from Company K, 1st Louisiana Infantry<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 7 p.1182.</ref>
| Mississippi, Louisiana
|-
|
| 114th Train Headquarters and Military Police
| Headquarters and Headquarters Company (less Band), Supply Company, Part of companies F and H, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, and one half the enlisted men from the 1st Louisiana Infantry<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 8, p.1182.</ref>
| Mississippi, Louisiana
|-
|
| 114th Ammunition Train
| 1st Arkansas Ammunition Train, minus 257 men.<!--/ref--> 1st Mississippi Field Hospital, 1st Louisiana Field Hospital,<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 14, p.1184.</ref> 1st Separate Squadron (Less Machine Gun Troop), plus 193 men from 2nd Separate Squadron, Mississippi Cavalry.<!--/ref--> 1st Mississippi Field Hospital, 1st Louisiana Field Hospital<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 14, p.1182.</ref>
| Arkansas, Mississippi
|-
|
| 114th Supply Train
| 2nd Squadron, Mississippi Cavalry, Minus 193 Men, Plus 257 men from the 1st Arkansas Ammunition Train<!--/ref--> 1st Mississippi Field Hospital, 1st Louisiana Field Hospital<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 10, p.1183.</ref>
| Arkansas, Mississippi
|-
|
| 114th Engineer Train
| Transfers from the 114th Engineers and Draftees<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 11, p.1183</ref>
| Mississippi
|-
|
| 114th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies & Field Hospitals 153, 154, 155, 156)
| 1st Arkansas Ambulance Company and the 1st Arkansas Field Hospital.<ref name="War Department 1918"/><ref name="Artillery 1917, p. 1"/> 1st Mississippi Field Hospital, 1st Louisiana Field Hospital<ref name="War Department 1918">War Department, Annual Reports, 1918, Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, Table 12, p.1184.</ref>
| Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
|}

The ability of the Arkansas to fight was soon proven when a free-for-all fight between soldiers from Louisiana and Arkansas developed in a dance hall. The combatants were placed in the guardhouse. A Louisiana soldier had brushed against an Arkansas soldier and caused the uproar.<ref>"Arkansas Soldiers in Dance Hall Row," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 5 October 1917, p. 1.</ref>

When the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment was changed to artillery, the blue hat cord was changed to red and the collar insignia was changed from the crossed rifles to crossed cannon.<ref>"2nd Regiment Is Artillery, Officially," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 8 October 1917, p. 3</ref> But the big change was from the rifle to the six-inch howitzer, which was used in shelling enemy positions. It took eight horses to pull one of the big cannons.<ref>"6-inch Howitzer for Ark. Troops," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 18 October 1917, p. 4</ref> After several months of classroom training, the 142nd began live fire on the horse drawn 4.7&nbsp;inch weapon in April 1918. After two and one-half months in the field conducting live fire training, the 142nd was certified for overseas service.<ref name="arngmuseum3"/>

Sickness was a problem for the men from Arkansas. Measles in the later part of October 1917, kept the men from drilling.<ref>"Arkansas Troops Under Quarantine," Arkansas Democrat (Evening Edition), 23 October 1917, p. 1,</ref> Regardless, in January 1918, the National Guard Reserve was transferred to the active list.<ref>Arkansas Adjutant-General, "Special Order Number 1: 5 January 1918" (Microfilm reel Number 4 of unpublished Arkansas Military Department Records on file in Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas).</ref> Also in the same month, Alexandria, Louisiana, was placed off limits, and soldiers could not visit other regiments because of an outbreak of meningitis.<ref>"Soldiers Cannot Visit Alexandria," Arkansas Gazette, 4 January 1918, p. 5.</ref> To help matters, the soldiers were instructed in the use of deadly gases and then exposed to tear gas.<ref>"Camp Beauregard Shy of Colonels," Arkansas Gazette, 6 January 1918, p. 2.</ref> The off limits lasted until 6 March 1918, for the soldiers concerning Alexandria. The soldiers complained about the bugs and were anxious to go to France. By March 1918, the soldiers had received new Enfield rifles.<ref>"Soldiers Now May Visit Alexandria," Arkansas Gazette, 6 March 1918, p. 1.</ref> In early October, 1918, Camp Beauregard was struck with Spanish influenza which led into [[lobar pneumonia]]. All available facilities were used when the hospitals became overcrowded.<ref>"Beauregard Has Many ‘Flu’ Cases," Arkansas Gazette, 8 October 1918, p. 2.</ref>

The 114th Engineers made an enviable record by building and improving the roads in and about the camp.<ref>"Baseball Now at Camp Beauregard," Arkansas Gazette, 9 March 1918, p. 2.</ref> By April 1918, the roads built in the swamps and hills of "Dogville-in-the-Pines" (the nickname given to Camp Beauregard) were completed, and the men were taking physicals for overseas.<ref>"Building Roads at Camp Beauregard," Arkansas Gazette, 2 April 1918, p. 2.</ref>

Arkansas troops passed in review for the first time in February for Arkansas Adjutant-General England,<ref>"Camp Regiment Parade," Arkansas Gazette, 24 February 1918, p. 1.</ref> and the entire 39th Division passed in review in April for the Governors of Mississippi and Louisiana.<ref>"39th Division Ready to Fight," Arkansas Gazette, 9 April 1918, p. 1.</ref> On the day after the parade, the Arkansas soldiers learned that they could not vote outside of the state of Arkansas. If they could return to their local residence before or on the voting date, they could vote according to the Attorney-General’s opinion.<ref>"They Can’t Vote Outside of Arkansas," Arkansas Gazette, 10 April 1918, p. 10.</ref>

===Deployed to France===
====5000 deploy early as replacements====
The United States Army had yet to work out a system of providing individual replacements for the units already in Theater, therefore, in May, 1918, privates were given the opportunity to volunteer for duty overseas. In the rush to help end the war officers resigned their commissions so they would be qualified for duty overseas before the war was over. Approximately 5,000 soldiers from the 39th Division volunteered to deploy in this manner.<ref>"Few Arkansas Remain in Camp," Arkansas Gazette, 15 May 1918, p. 8.</ref> By June, 1918, 20 percent of the enlisted personnel of the 153rd (old 1st Arkansas) and 154th (composed of part of the old 2nd and 3rd Arkansas) Infantry, the 142nd (part of the old 2nd Arkansas) Field Artillery, and the 141st (part of the old 2nd Arkansas) Machine Gun Battalion, U.S.N.G. had arrived in France as replacements.<ref>"Arkansas Troops Arrive in France," Arkansas Gazette, 25 June 1918, p. 1.</ref> At Camp Beauregard the division was brought to full strength by the arrival of troops from Camp Zachary Taylor (men from the states of Ohio, Illinois, and Kentucky.)<ref>"Many Promoted at Camp Beauregard," Arkansas Gazette, 29 June 1918, p. 8.</ref>

====Reports from the front, first Casualty====
Private Robert Springer was the first state guardsman to give his life in France.<ref>"Member of 3rd Arkansas Killed," Arkansas Gazette, 29 June 1918, p. 8.</ref> In a letter home a guardsman from the old Company "I" of the 1st Arkansas National Guard, described the fighting and sent a coat lapel which belonged to the best soldier for the Crown Prince. He stated that the German soldiers were best at running.<ref>"Arkansas N. G. Boys in Front Trenches," Arkansas Gazette, 26 August 1918, p. 3.</ref> About the same time letters were being received in Arkansas from soldiers of the old 1st and 3rd Arkansas National Guard Regiments.<ref>"Arkansas Soldiers Are Now In France," Arkansas Gazette, 27 August 1918, p. 8.</ref>

It took twelve months for the 39th Division organization to reach France, where it remained for three months.<ref>Leonard P. Ayres, The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917), p. 33 and 102.</ref> At the time of its departure from the United States, the 39th Division was composed of 22 per cent Arkansas National Guard, 40 per cent National Army draftees, and 10 per cent shortage from authorized strength.<ref>Leonard P. Ayres, The War with Germany: A Statistical Summary (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917), page 27.</ref>

====The Division Sails to France====
The 39th Division, less its artillery units, left Camp Beauregard 1 August 1918 and sailed for overseas service 6 August 1918.<ref name="arngmuseum3"/> The first unit of the 39th Division arrived in France on 12 August 1918, and the last unit arrived on 12 September 1918.

===Designation as a Depot Division===
[[File:142nd Field Artillery Regimental Band in Europe, 1918.jpg|thumb|left|142nd Field Artillery Regimental Band, in France, 1918]] The 39th Division was designated as the Fifth Depot Division on 14 August 1918, and moved to Charost and Mehun-sur-Yeure Area southwest of Bourges. The greatest American involvement in World War I, the Meuse-Argonne campaign, began on 26 September. The divisions were so depleted after one week of combat that General [[John J. Pershing]] ordered personnel from the 84th and 86th Divisions, which had just arrived in France, to be used as replacements.<ref>Coffman, The War To End All Wars, pp.81–84.</ref> The arrangement was supposed to be temporary, and at first only men from infantry and machine gun units served as replacements. Eventually all divisional personnel were taken, except for one enlisted man per company and one officer per regiment who maintained unit records. The manpower shortage persisted. The 31st, 34th, and 38th Divisions were stripped of their personnel and their men used as replacements. The high casualty rate took a toll on all combat units, and Pershing slashed the authorized strength of infantry and machine gun companies from 250 to 175 enlisted men, thereby temporarily reducing each division by 4,000 men.<ref>"Final Report" and "Report of Assistant Cold, G-1, G.H.Q., A.E.F., printed in Reports of CINC, pp. 55, 147–52; Maurice Matloff, ed., American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1969), p.401.</ref>

The units of the Division, for the most part, were training cadres whose duties were to receive, train, equip, and forward replacements of both officers and men for the infantry units and machine gun units, and for ammunition and supply trains. On 29 October 1918, the division received orders that they were to be attached to the 1st Depot Division at St-Aignan-Noyers and Loir-et-Cher.<ref>Cameron, M.E., Recent American History, White River Valley Historical Quarterly, Volume 5, Number 5, Fall 1974, page 13</ref>

While scrambling for personnel, Pershing reorganized the replacement system, and tried to improve its responsiveness to the flexible army corps and army organizations. Pershing ordered the 40th and 85th Divisions to serve as regional replacement depots for the First and Second Armies, respectively, and the 41st and 83d as depot divisions in the Services of Supply. Eventually, the 39th Division and the 76th Division were stripped of their personnel. The replacement system remained unsatisfactory to the end of the war.<ref>"Report of Assistant CofS, G-1, G.H.Q., A.E.F.," printed in Reports of CINC, pp.147–52.</ref>

In November 1918, the 39th Division moved to St. Aignan, where several of the units were transferred to combat divisions:<ref>"Military History of the Arkansas National Guard," p.21, (Microfilm reel Number 4 of unpublished Arkansas Military Department Records on file in Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas).</ref>

====Some units remain intact====
The 142nd Field Artillery Regiment sailed for France 31 August 1918 and arrived 7 September. After arrival in France, the 142nd drew equipment and began training on the tractor drawn 155mm howitzer. The 142nd was certified for combat 8 November 1918, and the Armistice was signed on the 11th, preventing the 142nd from participating in combat.

The 114th Engineers, 39th Division, were transferred to the 1st Army Corps in France. The 114th Engineers laid railroad tracks and built bridges for the 1st Army Corps during the Meuse-Argonne drive.<ref name="Brest 1919. p. 3">"Arkansas Troops Land from Brest," Arkansas Gazette, 3 May 1919. p.3.</ref>

The 114th Machine Gun Battalion began training for a new role when they were re-designated as Anti Aircraft Machine Gun Battalions.<ref>Garrett, Major Charles S., The Arkansas Coast Artillery National Guard, Journal of the United States Field Artillery, 1922, Volume 56, Number 1, p.69.</ref>

===Demobilization===
Most former Arkansas guardsmen began returning to the United States during January and February 1919. The Division returned to the United States for demobilization during the period between 30 November 1919, and 1 May 1919. The Division demobilized the following month at [[Camp Beauregard]], Louisiana.<ref name="ngef.org">The National Guard Education Foundation, National Guard Division Histories (by John Listman, unless otherwise noted), 39th Infantry Division, Retrieved 13 January 2010 http://www.ngef.org/index.asp?bid=110</ref>

The 153rd Infantry landed in Hoboken, New Jersey, 27 February 1919, making the crossing aboard the USS. President Grant.<ref>"Arkansas Guard Officers Return," Arkansas Gazette, 27 February 1919, p. 5.</ref>

On 12 April 1919, the transport Kiserin Auguste Victoria brought the Sixty-fourth Field Artillery Brigade and the 141st Machine Gun Battalion of the 39th Division to New York.<ref name="Start Home 1919, p. 9">‘More Men of the 39th Start Home," Arkansas Gazette, 12 April 1919, p. 9.</ref>

The headquarters, ordinance, and medical detachments and some companies of the 114th Engineers, 39th Division were transported to Newport News, Virginia, on the battleship Nebraska.<ref name="Arkansas Men Coming 1919, p. 1">"Arkansas Men Coming, Arkansas Gazette, 24 April 1919, p. 1.</ref>

====The 142nd Field Artillery Stays Behind====
The 142nd stayed in France to conduct tests and exercises to develop techniques for motorized artillery battalions and won a commendation for efficient performance. In March 1919, the 1st Battalion, 142nd Artillery, 39th Division was acting as a school battalion for the entire artillery forces of the American Expeditionary Forces with their headquarters at Valdahon, France.<ref name="Has Been Ordered Home 1919, p. 3">"142 D Artillery Has Been Ordered Home," Arkansas Gazette, 31 March 1919, p. 3.</ref> In May, 1919, word reached Little Rock that the 142nd Field Artillery Battalion (old 2nd Arkansas) was doing convoy duty with the Army of Occupation and a segment was still firing for the Artillery School at Camp Valdahon.<ref>"142 0 F.A. Not to Leave Before June," Arkansas Gazette, 14 May. 1919, p. 3.</ref> It was not until early June when the 142nd Field Artillery left France on the transport Amphion to arrive 15 June 1919, at Newport News, Virginia.<ref>"2nd Arkansas Arrive on Amphion," Arkansas Gazette, 16 June 1919, p. 10.</ref> On the train trip to Little Rock the 142nd Field Artillery was asked to march in a parade in Atlanta. This they were proud to do. On 21 June 1919, the group arrived at Camp Pike. On the following day the 142nd Field Artillery was featured in a big parade in Little Rock and then treated to a big show and picnic in the park.

====The last Arkansas troops return====
The last group of Arkansas Guardsmen to return to the state for discharge was the 114th Sanitary Train (formerly the 1st Arkansas Ambulance Company and the 1st Arkansas Field Hospital), Seventh Army Corps. The 114th Sanitary Train had been stationed for six months at Wittlick, Germany, before being transferred back to the United States.<ref>"114th Sanitary Train Gets Back," Arkansas Gazette, 9 July 1919, p. 3.</ref>

===The unauthorized World War I patch===
[[File:39th 'Delta' Division Patch.jpg|thumb|left|Unauthorized World War 1 39th "Delta" Division shoulder sleeve insignia]]
The 39th Division had been organized from National Guard Units from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and had adopted the name "Delta Division" since they were from the delta region of the Mississippi River. After being assigned as a Depot Division and eventually skeletonized, nothing had been done to adopt a shoulder patch until January 1919, when the 64th Field Artillery Brigade proposed a design for the division's insignia. The 64th had remained intact and had been reassigned as a Corps Artillery Unit. The Brigade Commander, BG Ira A. Haynes, was the senior officer of what remained of the 39th Division. Haynes attempted to consult with the former Division Commander, BG H.C. Hodges, but Hodges had been reassigned to Scholfield Barracks in Hawaii. Haynes issued General Order #1, 64th Field Artillery Brigade, on 18 January 1819, which described the insignia and authorized its wear by remaining division personnel. The design was submitted to [[American Expeditionary Forces]] (AEF) for approval, but was rejected on the grounds than it only applied to the 64th Field Artillery Brigade (brigades were not authorized to have separate patches) and that the design was too similar to the 3rd Army patch. Haynes applied for reconsideration and, this time, was able to gain the support of Hodges. In his request for reconsideration, Haynes wrote, "The States of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi have long been known as the Delta States. The 39th Division was known to ourselves at least as the Delta Division and our baggage was marked in that way. We take pride in Honoring the State of our origin..." The U.S. Army Adjutant General did not approve the patch, and told Hodges that it would be retained on file, and if the 39th Division were ever activated again, it would be reconsidered. When the 39th Division was reorganized following [[World War II]], a different design was adopted. Nevertheless, many soldiers of the old 39th Division returned home wearing the unauthorized patch.<ref name="ReferenceA">Goodman, W.E., The 39th Division Struggles in Vain for a World War I Patch, Trading Post, October–December 1979</ref>

The World War I patch consisted of a dark blue disc bordered red having upon it a steel gray triangle (the Greek Delta symbol). The area within the triangle was divided in to four equilateral triangles, with the lower left red, the top white, the lower right blue, and the central triangle the same dark blue as the disk. There are numerous variations of the World War I design, with the colors of the triangles transposed in various combinations. One common variant has three inner triangles instead of the prescribed four.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

==Between the World Wars==
After the war, the division was reorganized by Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Louisiana. Because of the change of geographic area, the National Guard requested the division to be re-designated as the [[31st Infantry Division (United States)|31st Infantry Division]]. The re-designation was approved on 1 July 1923, and the 39th Division disappeared from the rolls until after World War II.<ref>The 39th Infantry Division 1950 / Louisiana National Guard.
Jackson Barracks, New Orleans: Military Dept., State of Louisiana, Office of the Adjutant General, 1950
</ref>

==The Cold War==
The 39th Infantry Division was reconstituted on 30 September 1946. It was composed of units from [[Arkansas National Guard|Arkansas]] (headquartered in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]) and [[Louisiana National Guard|Louisiana]] (headquartered in [[New Orleans]]).<ref name="ngef.org"/> The Division Artillery Commander, a Brigadier General, was assigned to command the Arkansas portion of the division, while the Division Commander remained in Louisiana. During this period the division included the following combat arms units:<ref>The 39th Infantry Division 1950 / Louisiana National Guard. Jackson Barracks, New Orleans: Military Dept., State of Louisiana, Office of the Adjutant General, 1950
</ref>

::[[153rd Infantry Regiment]], Arkansas National Guard
::[[156th Infantry Regiment (United States)|156th Infantry Regiment]], Louisiana National Guard
::[[199th Infantry Regiment]], Louisiana National Guard
::Division Artillery (DIVARTY)
:::[[206th Field Artillery Regiment|445th Field Artillery Battalion]] Arkansas National Guard
:::[[206th Field Artillery Regiment|437th Field Artillery Battalion]] Arkansas National Guard
:::[[935th Field Artillery Battalion]] Louisiana National Guard<ref name="la.ngb.army.mil">1/141st Field Artillery, History, Accessed 16 August 2010, http://www.la.ngb.army.mil/1-141/history.htm</ref>
:::[[141st Field Artillery Regiment|141st Field Artillery Battalion]] Louisiana National Guard<ref name="la.ngb.army.mil"/>
::Armor Unit
:::206th Tank Battalion

===Arkansas Element Stationing Post WWII, 1946–1959===
[[File:206th Heavy Tank Battalion, 1950.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Elements of the 206th Heavy Tank Battalion pass in review during Annual Training 1950.]]
[[File:141st Field Artillery Battalion, 1950,.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Elements of the 141st Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Polk Louisiana during Annual Training, 1950.]]
[[File:217th Engineer Battalion, 1950 .jpg|thumb|right|400px|Elements of the 217th Engineer Battalion, during Annual Training, 1950.]]
[[File:Survey Training, 39th Division Artillery, 1950.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Soldiers of the 39th Division Artillery conduct Survey Training during Annual Training, 1950.]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Headquarters
! Company
! Station
|-
| 39th Division Headquarters (Arkansas Part)
|
| Little Rock
|-
| 153 Infantry Regiment
| HHC, 153rd IN
| Little Rock
|-
|
| Service Company
| Searcy
|-
|
| Tank Company
| Pine Bluff
|-
|
| Heavy Mortar Company
| DeQueen
|-
|
| Medical Company
| Little Rock
|-
| 1st Battalion, 153 Infantry Regiment
| Headquarters and Headquarters Company
| Texarkana
|-
|
| Company A, 1–153 IN
| Hope
|-
|
| Company B, 1–153 IN
| Malvern
|-
|
| Company C, 1–153 IN
| Prescott
|-
|
| Company D, 1–153 IN
| Arkadelphia
|-
| 2nd Battalion, 153 Infantry Regiment
| Headquarters and Headquarters Company
| Morrilton
|-
|
| Company E, 2–153 IN
| Clarksville
|-
|
| Company F, 2–153 IN
| Dardanelle
|-
|
| Company G, 2–153 IN
| Conway
|-
|
| Company H, 2–153 IN
| Russellville
|-
| 3rd Battalion, 153 Infantry Regiment
| Headquarters and Headquarters Company
| Beebe
|-
|
| Company I, 3–153 IN
| Jonesboro
|-
|
| Company K, 3–153 IN
| Walnut Ridge
|-
|
| Company L, 3–153 IN
| Batesville
|-
|
| Company M, 3–153 IN Command
| Blytheville
|-
| 445th Field Artillery Battalion
| Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
| Marianna
|-
|
| Battery A, 445th FA
| Helena
|-
|
| Battery B, 445th FA
| Newport
|-
|
| Battery C, 445th FA
| Brinkley
|-
|
| Service Battery, 445th FA
| Wynne, Arkansas
|-
| 437th Field Artillery Battalion
| Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
| Hazen
|-
|
| Battery A, 437th FA
| Hot Springs
|-
|
| Battery B, 437th FA
| Newport
|-
|
| Battery C, 437th FA
| Dumas
|-
|
| Service Battery, 437th FA
| Brinkley
|-
| 217th Engineer Battalion
| Headquarters and Headquarters Company
| Russellville
|-
|
| Company A, 217th EN
| Russellville
|-
|
| Company B, 217th EN
| Monticello
|-
|
| Company C, 217th EN
| Magnolia
|-
|
| Company D, 217th EN
| McGhee
|-
|
| Medical Detachment, 217th EN
| Russellville
|-
| 206th Tank Battalion
| Headquarters and Headquarters Company
| El Dorado
|-
|
| Company A, 206th Tank BN
| Warren
|-
|
| Company B, 206th Tank BN
| Camden
|-
|
| Company C, 206th Tank BN
| Fordyce
|-
|
| Company D, 206th Tank BN
| Crossett
|-
|
| Medical Detachment, 206th Tank BN
| Fordyce
|-
| 125th Medical Battalion
| Headquarters and Headquarters Company
| Little Rock
|-
|
| Clearing Company, 125th Med BN
| Little Rock
|-
|
| Ambulance Company, 125th Med BN
| Little Rock
|-
| 739th Ordnance Battalion
| Headquarters and Headquarters Company
| Little Rock
|-
|
| Company A, 739th Ord BN
| Little Rock
|-
|
| Company B, 739th Ord BN
| Little Rock
|-
| 39th Division Artillery
| Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
| Little Rock
|-
|
| 39th Replacement Company
| Little Rock
|-
|
| 39th Military Police Company
| Little Rock
|}

==Reorganization of 1959==
[[File:The Pentomic Division.jpg|400 px|thumb|Organizational chart as of 1960]]
In 1959, the 39th Division was reorganized, along with all other National Guard divisions, in accordance with the new Pentomic Division Concept. This concept attempted to provide a new divisional structure to fight on the atomic battlefield. The reorganization resulted in the end of the Regiment as a tactical unit. Traditionally, regiments were the basic branch element, especially for the infantry, and their long histories had produced deep traditions considered essential to unit ''esprit de corps''. The new divisional structure, replacing infantry regiments with anonymous battle groups, threatened to destroy all of these traditions. Secretary of the Army [[Wilber Marion Brucker|Wilber M. Brucker]] settled the question on 24 January 1957 when he approved the Combat Arms Regimental System.<ref name="history.army.mil">Wilson, John B. The Search for Atomic Age Division, Maneuver and Firepower, the Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades, Army Lineage Series, Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D. C., 1998, CMH Pub 60-14, Chart 32, page 383. http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/m-f/chapter10.htm</ref> Although regiments (armored cavalry notwithstanding) would no longer exist as tactical units, certain distinguished regiments were to become "parent" organizations for the combat arms. Under the new concept, the Department of the Army assumed control of regimental headquarters&nbsp;– the repository for a unit's lineage, honors, and traditions&nbsp;– and used elements of the regiments to organize battle groups, battalions, squadrons, companies, batteries, and troops, which shared in the history and honors of their parent units.<ref>Memo, Sec of Army for Sec of Defense, 31 Jan 57, sub: Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS), and Fact Sheet, undated, sub: Combat Arms Regimental System, both CARS files, and News Release, Historic Traditions of Regiments to be Preserved in Pentomic Army, 7 Feb 57, Division General file, all DAMH-HSO.</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">Lineage and Honor Certificate for the 5th Battalion, 206th Field Artillery</ref> In place of the Regiment or Brigade, the new Pentomic Infantry Division fielded five Battle Groups, each containing 1,356 soldiers.<ref name="history.army.mil"/>

*The 153rd Infantry was reorganized 1 June 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st, and 2nd, Battle Groups, elements of the 39th Infantry Division.<ref name="autogenerated2">Lineage and Honors Certificate, 153rd Infantry Regiment</ref>

*The 445th Field Artillery Battalion, Arkansas National Guard, was re-designated as the [[206th Field Artillery Regiment|1st Battalion, 206th Artillery]], and was organized as a composite battalion with one battery of 105&nbsp;mm towed howitzers and one battery of 155&nbsp;mm towed howitzers.

*The 437th Field Artillery Battalion, Arkansas National Guard, was re-designated as the [[206th Field Artillery Regiment|2nd Battalion, 206th Artillery]]<ref name="autogenerated1"/> and was organized as a composite battalion with one battery of 105&nbsp;mm towed howitzers and one battery of 155&nbsp;mm towed howitzers.

*A new battalion was created in the Arkansas National Guard from existing units, 3rd Battalion, 206th Artillery was a composite unit with one 8-inch howitzer battery and one [[MGR-1 Honest John]] rocket battery.

*The 206th Tank Battalion was reorganized to become the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, [[151st Cavalry Regiment|206th Armor Regiment]].<ref>1967–2002, 39th Infantry Brigade (Separate), The Arkansas Brigade, 35 Years of Excellence, A Brief History of the 39th Infantry Brigade (Separate) See Also, General Order Number 4, dated 29 May 1959, Arkansas National Guard</ref>

This reorganization required a large scale restationing of units within the state:<ref>General Order Number 4, dated 29 May 1959</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! New Unit
! Former Unit
! Station
! Federal Recognition Dates
|-
| HQ and HQ Company (Part), 39th Inf Div
| HQ, 39th Div (Part)
| Little Rock
| 26 August 1947
|-
| 39th Administration Company
| Ambulance Company, 125th Medical Battalion
| Little Rock
| 26 August 1947
|-
| HQ and HQ Det (Part), 39th Inf Div Tn (-Band)
| HQ and HQ Company, 153rd Infantry
| Little Rock
| 20 November 1946
|-
| 39th Aviation Company (Part)
| Company A (FWD) 739th Ordnance Battalion
| Little Rock
| 19 November 1952
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, 1st Battle Group, 153rd Infantry
| Company B, 153rd Infantry (Company E 212th Sig BN)
| Malvern
| 9 October 1947
|-
| Company A, 1st Battle Group (-Rifle and Wpns Platoons)
| Heavy Mortar Company, 153rd IN
| DeQueen
| 26 June 1931
|-
| Det 1, Company A (Rifle and Wpns Platoons) 1st Battle Group
| Company A, 153rd Infantry
| Hope
| 3 Mar 1947
|-
| Company B, 1st Battle Group
| HQ and HQ Company, 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Texarkana
| 19 November 194?
|-
| Company C, 1st Battle Group
| Company C, 153rd Infantry
| Prescott
| 19 November 1946
|-
| Company D, 1st Battle Group
| Company D, 153rd Infantry
| Arkadelphia
| 21 November 1946
|-
| Company E, 1st Battle Group
| Company C, 217th Engineer Battalion
| Magnolia
| 25 October 1946
|-
| Combat Support Company, 1st Battle Group
| Battery A, 937th, (Service Company, 937th FA)
| Mena
| 20 November 1946
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, 2nd Battle Group, 153rd Infantry
| Service Company, 153rd Infantry (218th Med Company)
| Searcy
| 29 January 1947
|-
| Company A, 2nd Battle Group
| Company K, 153rd Infantry
| Walnut Ridge
| 30 January 1947
|-
| Company B, 2nd Battle Group
| Company L, 153rd Infantry
| Batesville
| 21 November 1946
|-
| Company C, 2nd Battle Group
| HQ and HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Beebe
| 24 December 1946
|-
| Company D, 2nd Battle Group
| Company G, 153rd Infantry
| Conway
| 20 November 1946
|-
| Company E, 2nd Battle Group
| HQ and HQ Company, 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Morrilton
| 20 November 1946
|-
| Combat Support Company, 2nd Battle Group
| Battery B, 437th Field Artillery
| Newport
| 24 October 1946
|-
| HQ and HQ Battery, 39th Inf Div Artillery
| HQ and HQ Battery, 39th Inf Div Artillery (Part)
| Little Rock
| 22 October 1946
|-
| HQ and HQ Battery, 1st How Bn (105mm/155mm), 206th Arty
| HQ and HQ SVC Company 875th Engr Bn (Hv Const)
| Pine Bluff
| 25 November 1952
|-
| Battery A (105mm), 1st How Bn, 206th Arty
| Service Battery, 437th FA BN
| Sheridan
| 22 December 1949
|-
| Battery B (155mm), 1st How Bn, 206th Arty
| Battery C, 437th FA BN
| Dumas
| 9 October 1947
|-
| HQ and HQ Battery, 2nd How Bn (105mm/155mm), 206th Arty
| HQ and HQ Battery, 437th FA BN
| Hazen
| 26 November 1946
|-
| Battery A (105mm), 2nd How Bn, 206th Arty
| Company C, 875th Engr Bn
| Stuttgart
| 16 April 1954
|-
| Battery B (155mm), 2nd How Bn, 206th Arty
| Battery C, 445th FA BN
| Brinkley
| 29 January 1947
|-
| HQ and HQ Battery, 3rd Rocket Howitzer BN (HJ / 8in)
| HQ and HQ Battery, 445th FA Bn
| Marianna
| 19 November 1946
|-
| Battery A (8&nbsp;inch Howitzer)(towed), 3rd Rkt How BN, 206th Arty
| Battery A, 445th FA Bn
| Helena
| 19 November 1946
|-
| Battery B (Honest John Rocket)(SP), 3rd Rkt How BN, 206th Arty
| Battery D, 326th AAA BN
| West Helena
| 8 July 1955
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| Company A, 206th Tank Bn
| Warren
| 4 March 1947
|-
| Company A, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| HQ and HQ Service Company, 206th Tank Bn
| El Dorado
| 6 February 1947
|-
| Company B, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| Company A, 206th Tank Bn
| Camden
| 27 January 1947
|-
| Company C, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| Company C, 206th Armor
| Fordyce
| 5 February 1947
|-
| Company D, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| Company D, 206th Armor
| Crossett
| 3 October 1955
|-
| Company E, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| Company D, 217th Engr Bn
| McGhee
| 5 March 1947
|-
| HQ and HQ Company 217th Engr BN
| HQ and HQ SVR, Company 217th Engr BN (Med Det, 217th Engr BN)(Company H, 153rd IN Reg)
| Russellville
| 22 October 1946
|-
| Company A, 217th Engr BN
| Company A, 217th Engr BN
| Russellville
| 22 October 1946
|-
| Company B, 217th Engr BN
| Company F, 153rd Infantry Regiment
| Dardanelle
| 25 October 1946
|-
| Company C, 217th Engr BN
| Company A, 212th Signal Battalion
| Danville
| 16 May 1955
|-
| Company D, 217th Engr BN
| Company A, 875th Engr BN
| Perryville
| 9 April 1953
|-
| Company E, 217th Engr BN
| Company E, 153rd Infantry
| Clarksville
| 3 February 1947
|-
| HQ and HQ Det, 125th Med BN
| HQ and HQ Company, 125th Med BN
| Little Rock
| 26 August 1947
|-
| Company A (Amb), 125th Med BN
| 235th Med Company
| Lonoke
| 19 July 1959
|-
| Company B (Clr), 125th Med BN
| CLR Company, 125th Med BN
| Little Rock
| 26 August 1947
|-
| HQ and Company A, 739th Ordnance Battalion
| HQ and HQ Det, 739th Ordnance Battalion
| Little Rock
| 7 February 1947
|-
| Company B, 739th Ordnance Battalion
| 172nd Engr Company
| Pine Bluff
| 5 February 1956
|}

==Reorganization of 1963==
By 1963 the Army again changed the basic design for an Infantry Division. The Battle Groups of the Pentomic Division had proved to be unwieldy, and it was felt that their span of control was not sufficient to handle all of the various units and troops assigned to their command.<ref>Wilson, John B. Maneuver and Firepower, The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades, Army Lineage Series, Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D. C., 1998, CMH Pub 60-14, p.297. http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/M-F/chapter11.htm#b4</ref> The army reverted to the infantry battalion as the basic building block and provided for additional command and control by providing a brigade headquarters. The 1st and 2nd Brigades, 39th Division were allocated to the Louisiana National Guard, while the 3rd Brigade was allocated to the Arkansas National Guard.<ref>Smith, Harry (1962). Arkansas Army and Air National Guard: A History and Record of Events, 1820–1962. Arkansas Military Department. p.86.</ref>

*The 153rd Infantry was reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions.<ref name=Smith86>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Harry|title=Arkansas Army and Air National Guard: A History and Record of Events, 1820–1962|year=1962|publisher=Arkansas Military Department|page=86}}</ref>

*The [[1st Battalion, 206th Field Artillery]] was deactivated and the 3rd Battalion, [[142nd Field Artillery]] was added to the 39th Division Artillery.

*The 3rd Battalion, 142nd Field Artillery had previously been under the command and control of the 142nd Field Artillery Group.<ref>Mckenney, Janice E., Field Artillery, Part 2, Army Lineage Series, Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington D.C., 2010, page 1165.</ref>

*The 3rd Battalion, 206th Field Artillery was reduced to one Honest John Rocket Battery, Battery A.

*The 206th Armor was expanded to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor Regiment.<ref name="Smith86"/>

These changes, which were implemented on 1 May 1963, cause another massive re-stationing of units around the state:<ref name="Smith86"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! New Unit
! Former Unit
! Station
|-
| HQ and HQ Company (Part), 39th Inf Div
| HQ and HQ Company (Part), 39th Inf Div
| Little Rock
|-
| Company A, 39th Aviation Company
| 39th Aviation Company
| Little Rock
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, 3rd Brigade, 39th Infantry Division
| Company C, 2nd Battle Group, 153rd Infantry
| Little Rock
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, (-Ground Surveillance Sec, BN Recon, BN Mortar & Davy Crockett, & BN Anti-Tank Platoon), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| HQ and HQ Company, 1st Battle Group, 153rd Infantry
| Malvern
|-
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, (Ground Surveillance Sec, BN Recon, BN Mortar & Davy Crockett, & BN Anti-Tank Platoon), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Combat Support Company, 1st Battle Group, 153rd Infantry
| Mena
|-
| Company A, 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company D, 1st Battle Group, 153rd Infantry
| Arkadelphia
|-
| Company B (−2nd Rifle and Weapons Platoon), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company B, 1st Battle Group, 153rd Infantry
| Texarkana
|-
| Det 1, Company B (2nd Rifle and Weapons Platoon), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company A,(Platoon), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Hope
|-
| Company C, 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company C, 1st Battle Group, 153rd Infantry
| Prescott
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, (-Ground Surveillance Sec, BN Recon, BN Mortar & Davy Crockett, & BN Anti-Tank Platoon), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| HQ and HQ Company, 2nd Battle Group, 153rd Infantry
| Searcy
|-
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, (Ground Surveillance Sec, BN Recon, BN Mortar & Davy Crockett, & BN Anti-Tank Platoon), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Combat Support Company, 2nd Battle Group
| Newport
|-
| Company A, 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company A, 2nd Battle Group
| Walnut Ridge
|-
| Company B, 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company B, 2nd Battle Group
| Batesville
|-
| Company C, 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company D, 2nd Battle Group
| Conway
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, Minus Ground Surveillance Sec. HQ Tank Sec, BN Armd Cav, BN Mortar & Davy Crocket Platoon, Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge Section, 1st Battalion, 206th Armor
| 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| Warren
|-
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, Ground Surveillance Sec. HQ Tank Sec, BN Armd Cav, BN Mortar & Davy Crocket Platoon, Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge Section, 1st Battalion, 206th Armor
| Company E, 1st Battle Group, 153rd Infantry
| Magnolia
|-
| Company A, 1st Battalion, 206th Armor
| Company A, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| El Dorado
|-
| Company B, 1st Battalion, 206th Armor
| Company B, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| Camden
|-
| Company C, 1st Battalion, 206th Armor
| Company D, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| Crossett
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, Minus Ground Surveillance Sec. HQ Tank Sec, BN Armd Cav, BN Mortar & Davy Crocket Platoon, Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge Section, 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor
| HQ and HQ Battery, 1st How Bn (105mm/155mm), 206th Arty
| Pine Bluff
|-
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, (Ground Surveillance Sec. HQ Tank Sec, BN Armd Cav, BN Mortar & Davy Crocket Platoon, Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge Section, 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor
| Battery A (105mm), 1st How Bn, 206th Arty
| Sheridan
|-
| Company A, 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor
| Company E, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| McGhee
|-
| Company B, 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor
| Battery B (155mm), 1st How Bn, 206th Arty
| Dumas
|-
| Company C, 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor
| Company C, 1st Medium Tank BN (Patton), 206th Armor
| Fordyce
|-
| HQ and HQ Company 217th Engr BN
| HQ and HQ Company 217th Engr BN
| Russellville
|-
| Company A, 217th Engr BN
| Company E, 217th Engr BN
| Clarksville
|-
| Company B, 217th Engr BN
| Company B, 217th Engr BN
| Dardanelle
|-
| Company C, 217th Engr BN
| Company C, 217th Engr BN
| Danville
|-
| Company D, 217th Engr BN
| Company E, 2nd Battle Group
| Morrilton
|-
| Company E, 217th Engr BN
| Company A, 217th Engr BN
| Russellville
|-
| HQ and HQ Battery, 39th Inf Div Artillery (Part)
| HQ and HQ Battery, 39th Inf Div Artillery
| Little Rock
|-
| HQ and HQ Service Battery, 3rd Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery
| HQ and HQ Battery, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Artillery
| Harrison
|-
| Battery A, 3rd Battalion, (155mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery
| Battery A, 3rd Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery
| Mountain Home
|-
| Battery B, 3rd Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery
| Battery B, 3rd Battalion, (155mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery
| Berryville
|-
| Battery C, 3rd Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery
| Battery C, 3rd Battalion, (155mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery
| Springdale
|-
| HQ and HQ Battery, 2nd Battalion (105mm) (Towed), 206th Artillery
| HQ and HQ Battery, 2nd Howitzer Battalion, (105/155mm)(Towed), 206th Artillery
| Hazen
|-
| Battery A (105mm)(Towed), 2nd How Bn, 206th Artillery
| Battery A (155mm)(Towed), 2nd How Bn, 206th Artillery
| Augusta
|-
| Battery B (105mm)(Towed), 2nd How Bn, 206th Artillery
| Battery B (155mm)(Towed), 2nd How Bn, 206th Artillery
| Brinkley
|-
| Battery C (105mm)(Towed), 2nd How Bn, 206th Artillery
| Battery B (Honest John), 3rd Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 206th Artillery
| West Helena
|-
| HQ and HQ Battery, 3rd Battalion, 206th Artillery (Honest John)
| HQ and HQ Battery, 3rd Rocket Howitzer (HJ / 8in) Battalion, 206th Artillery
| Marianna
|-
| Battery A (Honest John Rocket)(SP), 3rd Rkt How BN, 206th Artillery
| Battery A (8&nbsp;in), 3rd Rkt How BN, 206th Artillery
| Helena
|-
| HQ and HQ Company (Minus Band), 39th Infantry Division Support Command
| HQ and HQ Detachment (Minus Band), 39th Infantry Division TN
| Little Rock
|-
| 39th Admin Co(Part)
| 39th Admin Co(Part)
| Little Rock
|-
| HQ and Company A (SPT), 125th Med BN
| HQ and HQ Det, 125th Med BN, Company B (Cir), 125th Med BN,
| Little Rock
|-
| Company B, 125th Med BN
| Company A (AMB), 125th Med BN
| Lonoke
|-
| Company C, 125th Med BN
| 219th Ambulance Company
| DeWitt
|-
| HQ and Company A (Main Support) (Minus Services and Evacuation Platoon, 4th Mechanic Section & Armament Maintenance Platoon), 739th Ordnance Battalion
| HQ and Company A, 739th Ordnance Battalion
| Little Rock
|-
| Det 1, HQ and Company A (Services and Evacuation Platoon, 4th Mechanic Section & Armament Maintenance Platoon), 739th Ordnance Battalion
| Company D, 217th Engineer Battalion
| Perryville
|-
| Company B (Forward Support), 739th Ordnance Battalion
| Company B (Forward Support), 739th Ordnance Battalion
| Pine Bluff
|-
| Company C (Forward Support), 739th Ordnance Battalion
| Service Battery, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Artillery,
| Marshall
|-
| State Headquarters Detachment
| State Headquarters Detachment
| Little Rock
|}

== Little Rock Central High School Integration Crisis==
The Arkansas portion of the 39th Infantry Division was ordered into active Federal service on 24 September 1957 at home stations, in support of the [[Little Rock Nine|Little Rock Central High School Integration Crisis]] in Little Rock Arkansas. The 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 153rd Infantry Regiment were mobilized at Camp Robinson for Duty at Central High School. Task Force 153rd Infantry remained on duty at Central High School for the remainder of the 1957–1958 school year.<ref>McGlasson, MAJ W.D. The Forgotten Story of Little Rock, The Arkansas Military Journal, Arkansas National Guard Historical Foundation, Vol 6, Number 3, Page 36</ref> The Task Force was constantly mentioned in daily situation report for President Eisenhower.<ref>Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Civil Rights: The Little Rock School Integration Crisis, Situation Report No. 176, by the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations, 17 December 1957, accessed 1 October 2010, http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/digital_documents/LittleRock/New%20PDFs/Situation_Report_no176.pdf</ref>) The 39th was released on 24 October 1957 from active Federal service and reverted to state control.<ref>Lineage and Honors Certificate, 39th Brigade Combat Team</ref>

==Reorganization and re-designation as the 39th Infantry Brigade==
During the 1960s, the Department of Defense continued to scrutinize the reserve forces. It questioned the number of divisions and brigades, as well as the redundancy of maintaining two reserve components, the National Guard and the Army Reserve. In 1967, Secretary of Defense [[Robert McNamara]] decided that 15 combat divisions in the Army National Guard were unnecessary. He cut the number to eight divisions (one mechanized infantry, two armored, and five infantry), but increased the number of brigades from seven to 18 (one airborne, one armored, two mechanized infantry, and 14 infantry). The loss of the divisions did not set well with the states. Their objections included the inadequate maneuver element mix for those that remained and the end to the practice of rotating divisional commands among the states that supported them. Under the proposal, the remaining division commanders were to reside in the state of the division base. No reduction, however, in total Army National Guard strength was to take place, which convinced the governors to accept the plan.<ref>DA, Why Merge (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1965); Ltr, TAG to CinC, USAREUR, and other addresses, 14 Jun 67, sub: Reserve Component Reorganization, AGAM-P (M) (13 Jun 67) ORC-OPT-OP, Ltr, TAG to CinC, USAREUR, and other addresses, 20 Jul 67, same subject, AGAM-P (M) (20 Jul 67) ORC-OPT-OP, and News Release, 27 Nov 67, Anny Reserve Components Will Commence Reorganization, all Army Reserve file, DAMHHSO; "The President Reports to the 89th General Conference," National Guardsman, 21 (Oct 1967): inside front cover and pp. 36–39; "Division Command Rotation Plan Set Aside," National Guardsman, 22 (Mar 1968): 16; James F. Cantwell, "A Salute to the Lost' Divisions," National Guardsman, 22 (Feb 1968):</ref> The states reorganized their forces accordingly between 1 December 1967 and 1 May 1968.<ref>Wilson, John B., Maneuver and Firepower, the Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades, Army Lineage Series, Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D. C., 1998, CMH Pub 60-14, Chart 30, p.340. http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/m-f/chapter10.htm</ref>

On 1 December 1967, the Arkansas Portion of the 39th Division was reorganized and redesignated as the [[39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)|39th Infantry Brigade]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.first-team.us/journals/39th_bde/39_ndx03.html |title=39th (Separate/Enhanced) Infantry Brigade – Lineage/DateLine |publisher=First-team.us |accessdate=20 August 2010}}</ref>
The new 39th Infantry Brigade (Separate) was composed of elements of the following units:<ref name="Historical Annual 1971, page 148">Historical Annual, The Arkansas Brigade, 39th Infantry Brigade, Arkansas Army National Guard, 1971, page 148</ref>

*[[1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment]]
*[[2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment]]
*[[3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment]]
*Troop E, [[151st Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[5th Battalion, 206th Field Artillery Regiment]]
*[[39th Support Battalion]]

The Division units from Louisiana were re-assigned to the newly created [[256th Infantry Brigade]].<ref name="ReferenceB">Lineage and Honors Certificate, 156th Infantry Regiment</ref> The 256th Infantry Brigade (Separate) was composed of the following units:

*[[156th Infantry Regiment|1st Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment]]
*[[156th Infantry Regiment|2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment]]
*[[156th Infantry Regiment|3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment]]
*Troop A, [[108th Cavalry Regiment]]
*[[141st Field Artillery Regiment|1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment]]
*[[256th Support Battalion]]

The Arkansas units were stationed as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! New Unit
! Former Unit
! Station
|-
| State Headquarters Detachment
| State Headquarters Detachment
| Little Rock
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, Emergency Operations Headquarters, Arkansas Army National Guard.
| New Unit
| Little Rock
|-
| HQ and HQ Company (w/CA Sec Aug), 39th Infantry Brigade (Sep)
| HQ and HQ Company (Part), 39th Inf Div
| Little Rock
|-
| Troop E, 151st CAV
| Company C, 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Conway
|-
| 239th Engineer Company(Minus Equipment Maint Section, Bridge Platoon, and 2nd Engineer Platoon)
| Company A, 217th Engr BN
| Clarksville
|-
| Det 1, 239th Engineer Company(Equipment Maint Section, Bridge Platoon, and 2nd Engineer Platoon)
| Company E, 217th Engr BN
| Russellville
|-
| 39th Aviation Company
| Company A, 39th Aviation Battalion, and HQ and Company A, 739th Maintenance Battalion
| North Little Rock
|-
| HQ and HQ Detachment, 39th Support Battalion
| HQ and HQ Battery, 2nd Battalion (105mm) (Towed), 206th Artillery
| Hazen
|-
| Company A (Admin) (with IG, Postal Division, Replacement Detachment, Chaplin Section), 39th Support Battalion
| 39th Admin Company (Minus), & Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 39th Infantry Division Support Command
| Little Rock
|-
| Company B (Medical)(Minus Clearing Platoon), 39th Support Battalion
| Company B, 125th Med BN
| Lonoke
|-
| Det 1, Company B (Medical)(Clearing Platoon), 39th Support Battalion
| Company C, 125th Med BN
| DeWitt
|-
| Company C (S&T)(Minus Petroleum Platoon, FLD SVC Platoon and General Transportation Platoon), 39th Support Battalion
| 222nd Engineer Company (Dump Truck)
| Stuttgart
|-
| Det 1, Company C (S&T)(Petroleum Platoon, FLD SVC Platoon and General Transportation Platoon), 39th Support Battalion
| New Unit
| Hazen
|-
| Company D (Maintenance)(Minus Mech Maint Platoon HQ, Armament Maintenance Section, 4 Mobile Maintenance Section), 39th Support Battalion
| 176th Ordinance Company (DS)
| Little Rock
|-
| Det 1, Company D (Maintenance)(Mech Maint Platoon HQ, Armament Maintenance Section, 4 Mobile Maintenance Section), 39th Support Battalion
| Det 1, HQ and Company A, 739th Ordnance Battalion
| Perryville
|-
| HQ and HQ Service Battery Minus Radar Section, Metro Section, Communications Platoon, 5th Battalion, 206th Artillery
| HQ and HQ Battery, 5th Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery (With Aviation Section) & Service Battery, 5th Battalion, (105mm)(SP) 142nd Artillery
| West Memphis
|-
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Service Battery, Radar Section, Metro Section, Communications Platoon, 5th Battalion, 206th Artillery
| HQ and HQ Battery, 3rd Battalion, 206th Artillery (Honest John)
| Marianna
|-
| Battery A, 5th Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 206th Artillery
| Battery A, 5th Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery
| Wynne
|-
| Battery B, 5th Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 206th Artillery
| Battery B, 5th Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery
| Forrest City
|-
| Battery C, 5th Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 206th Artillery
| Battery C, 5th Battalion, (105mm)(Towed) 142nd Artillery
| Harrisburg
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, (Minus BN Recon, BN Mortar, 3 Company Mess Teams, BN Maintenance Platoon, Battalion Medical Platoon, plus Chaplin and Personnel Section), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| HQ and HQ Company, 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Malvern
|-
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, (BN Recon and BN Mortar), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, Ground Surveillance Sec. HQ Tank Sec, BN Scout Platoon, BN Mortar, Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge Section, 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor
| Sheridan
|-
| Det 2, HQ and HQ Company, (BN Maintenance Platoon, Battalion Medical Platoon), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| HQ and HQ Company, Minus Ground Surveillance Sec. HQ Tank Sec, BN Armd Cav, BN Mortar & Davy Crocket Platoon, Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge Section, 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor
| Pine Bluff
|-
| Company A, (Minus 2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons, plus Company Mess Team) 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company C, 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Prescott
|-
| Det 1, Company A (2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company A, 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Arkadelphia
|-
| Company B(Minus 2nd Rifle and 3rd Rifle Platoons, Plus Company Mess Team), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company B(−2nd Rifle and Weapons Platoon), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Texarkana
|-
| Det 1, Company B(2nd Rifle and 3rd Rifle Platoons), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Det 1, Company B(2nd Rifle Platoon and Weapons Platoon), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Hope
|-
| Company C, (Minus 2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons, Plus Company Mess Team), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, (Ground Surveillance Sec, BN Recon, BN Mortar, & BN Anti-Tank Platoon), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Mena
|-
| Det 1, Company C, (2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons), 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| 1121st Transportation Company (Light Truck)
| De Queen
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, (Minus Ground Surveillance Section, BN Recon, BN Mortar & BN Medical Platoon), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| HQ and HQ Company, (Minus Ground Surveillance Section, BN Recon, BN Mortar & BN Anti-Tank Platoon), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Searcy
|-
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, (BN Mortar, BN Medical Platoon), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, (Ground Surveillance Sec, BN Recon, BN Mortar & Davy Crockett, & BN Anti-Tank Platoon), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Newport
|-
| Det 2, HQ and HQ Company, (Ground Surveillance Sec, BN Recon, BN Anti-Tank Platoon), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| HQ and HQ Company, 3rd Brigade, 39th Infantry Division
| Beebe
|-
| Company A (Minus 2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons, Plus Company Mess Team), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company A, 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Walnut Ridge
|-
| Det 1, Company A (2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Battery C, 4th Battalion, (8&nbsp;inch)(SP) 142nd Artillery
| Piggott
|-
| Company B (Minus 2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons, Plus Company Mess Team), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company B, 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Batesville
|-
| Det 1, Company B (2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 206th Artillery
| Augusta
|-
| Company C (Minus 2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons and Weapons Platoon, Plus Company Mess Team), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 206th Artillery
| Brinkley
|-
| Det 1, Company C (2nd Rifle Platoon), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Battery A (Honest John Rocket)(SP), 3rd Rkt How BN, 206th Artillery
| Helena
|-
| Det 2, Company C (3rd Rifle Platoon), 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Battery C (105mm)(Towed) 2nd Battalion, 206th Artillery
| West Helena
|-
| HQ and HQ Company, (Minus Ground Surveillance Sec. BN Recon, BN Mortar Platoon, BN Anti Tank Platoon, Battalion Medical Platoon and 3 Company Mess Teams), 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| HQ and HQ Company, Minus Ground Surveillance Sec. HQ Tank Sec, BN Armd Cav, BN Mortar & Davy Crocket Platoon, Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge Section, 1st Battalion, 206th Armor
| Warren
|-
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, (BN Recon, BN Mortar Platoon), 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Det 1, HQ and HQ Company, 1st Battalion, 206th Armor
| Magnolia
|-
| Det 2, HQ and HQ Company, (Ground Surveillance Sec. BN Anti Tank Platoon, Battalion Medical Platoon ), 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| 295th Medical Company (Holding)
| Dermontt
|-
| Company A (Minus 2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons, Plus Company Mess Team), 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company A, 1st Battalion, 206th Armor
| El Dorado
|-
| Det 1, Company A (2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons), 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company C, 1st Battalion, 206th Armor
| Crossett
|-
| Company B (Minus 2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons, Plus Company Mess Team), 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company C, 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor
| Fordyce
|-
| Det 1, Company B (2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons), 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company B, 1st Battalion, 206th Armor
| Camden
|-
| Company C (Minus 2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons, Plus Company Mess Team), 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company A, 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor
| McGhee
|-
| Det 1, Company C (2nd and 3rd Rifle Platoons), 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry
| Company B, 2nd Battalion, 206th Armor
| Dumas
|}

==Current unit==
The 39th Division is currently known as the [[39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)]], of the [[Arkansas Army National Guard]], headquartered at Ricks Armory, [[Little Rock, Arkansas]].<ref name="Historical Annual 1971, page 148"/>

==Commanding Officers==
<gallery>
File:Major General Henry C. Hodges, Jr..jpg|MG Henery C. Hodges, JR. 1917–1919<ref>Historical Annual, The Arkansas Brigade, 39th Infantry Brigade, Arkansas Army National Guard, 1971, page 147</ref>

File:US 39th Infantry Division.svg|BG Ira Hayes (temporary ad interim) 1919

File:Major General Raymond H. Fleming.jpg|MG Raymond H. Flemming, 1946–1951

File:US 39th Infantry Division.svg|MG Joseph A. Redding, 1951–1957

File:BG John B. Webb, Sr, Commander, 39th Division Artillery, 1950.jpg|BG John B. Webb, 1957–1958

File:MG George W. Trousdale, Commander, 39th Infantry Division, 1958-1963.jpg|MG George W. Trousdale, 1958–1963

File:COL Lincoln M. Cummings.jpg|MG Lincoln M Cummings, 1963–1967<ref name="Historical Annual 1971, page 148"/>
</gallery>

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.arguard.org/ AR National Guard]
*[http://www.arguard.org/AirGuard/index.htm/ AR Air National Guard]
*[http://www.arguard.org/ArmyGuard/index.asp/ AR Army National Guard]
*[http://www.arngmuseum.com/ The Arkansas National Guard Museum]
*[http://www.history.army.mil/ARNG/NG-AR.htm Bibliography of Arkansas Army National Guard History] compiled by the [[United States Army Center of Military History]]
* [http://www.arguard.org/ The Arkansas National Guard, Arkansas National Guard Home]
* [http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/ The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture]
* [http://states.ng.mil/sites/RI/army/43mp/103fabn/default.aspx Rhode Island National Guard, 103rd Field Artillery Regiment, headquarters and Headquarters Service Battery]
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Aleutians.html United States Navy Combat Narrative, The Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 – August 1943, Naval Historical Center]
* [http://sites.google.com/site/206thfieldartilleryvets/ 206th Field Artillery Vets on Google sites]

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