    the 14th armored division was an armored division of the united states army in world war ii. it remains on the permanent roll of the regular army as an inactive division, and is eligible for reactivation. the division is officially nicknamed the "liberators". ==history== the 14th armored division was constituted and added to the roll of the us army on 28 august 1942; it was activated on 15 november in a ceremony at camp chaffee, arkansas. it was organized initially as a heavy division with two armored regiments (the 47th and 48th) and one armored infantry regiment, the 62nd infantry regiment. it was reorganized from a heavy division to a light division on 20 september 1943. the reorganization saw the loss of two tank battalions from the armored regiments, one battalion each. the 1st battalion of the 47th armor was redesignated as the 786th tank battalion and the 3rd battalion of the 48th armor was redesignated as the 716th tank battlion. the division departed camp chaffee in november to participate in the 2nd army maneuvers in tennessee from 17 november 1943 until 10 january 1944. at the conclusion of the exercise, the division was assigned to camp campbell, kentucky. the division remained at camp campbell until late september when it was alerted for movement to the eto (european theater of operations) via camp shanks, new 
Armored_divisions_of_the_United_States_Army Military_units_and_formations_established_in_1942 United_States_Army_divisions_during_World_War_II