In 1954 the 30th Infantry Division was reorganized, with units in North Carolina and South Carolina constituting the 30th Infantry Division, and units in Tennessee forming the nucleus of the new 30th Armored Division.[1]
Though never federalized during wartime, the 30th Armored Division (called "Volunteers," for Tennessee's "Volunteer State" nickname) was activated for support to law enforcement, including responses to civil disturbances in Memphis and Nashville after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.[2]
During its existence the 30th Armored Division was never deployed as an organization, and received no combat honors. Several members volunteered individually to join regular Army units during the Vietnam War.[19]
^Jeffrey Lynn Pope, Leonid E. Kondratiuk, editors, Armor-Cavalry Regiments: Army National Guard Lineage, 1995, pages 41, 48
^Tennessee Secretary of State, Blue Book, 1980, page 312
^"Guardsmen to Enter Camp on Sunday, June 18". Waverly News-Democrat. 10 June 1955.
^Kingsport Times, Gen Paul Jordan to Speak Here, 10 February 1956
^Kingsport News, Change of Command, 11 December 1959
^Tennessee Secretary of State, Tennessee Blue Book, 1961, page 130
^National Guard Association of the United States, The National Guardsman, Volume 16, 1962, page 67
^National Guard Association of the United States, The National Guardsman, Volume 18, 1964, page 30
^U.S. Army, General Orders Number 44 Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 22 August 1968, page 11
^National Guard Association of the United States, The National Guardsman, Volume 21, 1967, page 38
^"Letter to Major General Thomas G. Wells, Jr. Commanding General, 30th Armored Division". NDC Blog, National Archives and Records Administration. 8 April 1968. p. 1.
^United Press International (11 November 1968). "Tennessee Adjutant General Will Resign". Middleboro Daily News.
^"Guard May Get New Boss". Florence Times. Associated Press. 29 July 1971.
^"Tennessean to Head Guard Unit". Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. 4 August 1971.
^"Guard Gets New Division Commander". Gadsden Times. Associated Press. 1 June 1973.
^Tennessee National Guard, History, Tennessee National Guard Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 2012
^Listman, John. "30th Armored Division". National Guard Education Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^Timothy S Aumiller, United States Army Infantry, Artillery, Armor/Cavalry Battalions 1957-2011, 2007, page 25