U.S. 78th Infantry Division
Overview
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
which served in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, and remains on the organized rolls.
- Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 78th Division
- Organized 23 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Demobilized 9 July 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 78th Division
- Organized in November 1921 at Newark, New Jersey
- Redesignated 20 February 1942 as Division Headquarters, 78th Division
- Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Butner, North Carolina; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters, 78th Infantry Division
- Inactivated 22 May 1946 in Germany
- Activated 1 November 1946 at Newark, New Jersey
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; *Redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Location changed 9 November 1955 to Kearny, New Jersey; on 6 December 1958 to Edison, New Jersey
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters, 78th Division (Training)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headquarters, 78th Division (Exercise)
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 1999 as Headquarters, 78th Division (Training Support)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 2009 as Headquarters, 78th Training Brigade
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 2010 as Headquarters, 78th Training Division
- World War I:
- St. MihielBattle of Saint-MihielThe Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought between September 12–15, 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of U.S. general John J. Pershing against German positions...
; - Meuse-ArgonneMeuse-Argonne OffensiveThe Meuse-Argonne Offensive, or Maas-Argonne Offensive, also called the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire western front.-Overview:...
; - Lorraine 1918Lorraine (région)Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
- World War II:
- RhinelandRhinelandHistorically, the Rhinelands refers to a loosely-defined region embracing the land on either bank of the River Rhine in central Europe....
; - ArdennesArdennesThe Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and ridges formed within the Givetian Ardennes mountain range, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France , and geologically into the Eifel...
-AlsaceAlsaceAlsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
; - Central EuropeCentral Europe CampaignAfter crossing the Rhine the Western Allies fanned out overrunning all of western Germany from the Baltic in the north to Austria in the south before the Germans surrendered on 8 May 1945. This is known as the "Central Europe Campaign" in United States military histories.By the early spring of...
The 78th Infantry Division of the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
was activated on 23 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
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