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The 39th Infantry Division, known as the "Delta Division," was a unit of the United States Army National Guard formed in 1917 and originally composed of troops from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The division served stateside as a depot division during World War I, training and providing replacements for units overseas, but did not see combat as a whole. Reactivated for World War II, the division again remained within the continental United States, contributing personnel to other units but not deploying as a division to combat theaters. After the war, the 39th Infantry Division continued its service in the National Guard until it was reorganized in the 1960s, eventually becoming the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.