Carlos Brewer commanded the 12th Armored Division and what other Armored Division that was formed under the 1942 Table of Organization and Equipment?
Carlos Brewer Carlos Brewer (5 December 1890 – 29 September 1976) was a United States Army Major General who commanded the 6th Armored Division (United States) and the 12th Armored Division (United States) during World War II. After training the 12th Armored Division, he was not permitted to command the division in combat due to his age, so he requested his rank be reverted from Major General to Colonel so that he could become an artillery officer in the European Theater of Operations. He innovated the method of field artillery targeting used in World War II, and implemented triangular organization of divisions.
11th Armored Division (United States) The 11th Armored Division (11 AD) was a division of the United States Army in World War II. It was activated on 15 August 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana and moved on 24 June 1943 for the Louisiana Maneuvers. Transferred then to Camp Barkeley, Texas on 5 September 1943, the division participated, beginning 29 October 1943, in the California Maneuvers and arrived at Camp Cooke California on 11 February 1944. The division staged at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey from 16 to 29 September 1944 until departing New York Port of Embarkation on 29 September 1944, arriving in England on 11 October 1944.