It was the practice of the American Army to reconstitute damaged divisions back to full strength. The top brass allowed time for the reconstituted division to rest, regroup, resupply, and retrain, especially the replacements.
The Texas 36th Infantry Division may have been reconstituted, but it wasn't the same division that left Texas. It was Texas only in name and reputation afterwards. The new 36th Infantry Division was fleshed out with men from all over the U.S.
The 36th was not the only American Army division to suffer this fate. The 28th, the 44th, and the 106th all required rebuilding. The 106th 'Golden Lions' Division was the hapless division, being green and inexperienced in taking the initial shock of the Ardennes offensive. The 106th lost 2 out of its 3 brigades and was later recounted in a book "Death of a Division". The U.S. Army finally rebuilt or rather recreated the 106th but it was a green division still and it spent its existence in the waning months of WWII guarding German prisoners that were now numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
The 36th, 28th, and the 44th could be returned to combat as all three divisions retained a core cadre of experienced leadership to integrate the replacements and regain combat readiness.
There are more divisions as such but I do not remember. I do recall that the 10th Army in the invasion of Okinawa had to be reconstituted after the costly battle was over.
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