78th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia
The 78th Training Division (Operations) ("Lightning" [1]) is a unit of the United States Army which served in World War I and World War II as the 78th Infantry Division, and currently trains and evaluates units of the United States Army Reserve for deployment.
78th Infantry Division — US Army Divisions
This campaign map shows the journey of the 78th Infantry Division throughout World War II. The map is available for purchase at HistoryShots.com.
78th Infantry Division (United States) - Military Wiki
The 78th Infantry Division of the United States Army was activated on 23 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey. It consisted of four Infantry Regiments – the 309th, 310th, 311th and 312th and three Artillery Regiments – the 307th, 308th and 309th.
Lightning, The History Of The 78th Infantry Division
2016年8月13日 · The Lightning Division in World War I — Reactivation At Camp Butner — Training Replacements — Carolina and Tennessee Maneuvers — Camp Pickett — Overseas — Bournemouth — France — Belgium — Up to The line!
78th Infantry Division - US Army - WW2 - Museum
He knows it can, because he and his fellow Nazi soldiers were struck again and again by the 78th (“Lightning”) Infantry Division. It was in the morning mist of March 8, 1945, that the 78th, made up chiefly of men from Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New York, struck its most brilliant blow.
Lone Sentry: Lightning, The Story of the 78th Infantry Division
It was during World War I that the 78th Division first made a name for itself. Originally activated at Camp Dix, N.J., Aug. 27, 1917, the division was made up mainly of men from New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Island and Illinois.
78th Infantry Division In 1942 a typical infantry regiment consisted of a headquarters and band, a headquarters company, a service company, an anti-tank company, a cannon company, and three infantry battalions.
American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 78th Division
2024年8月12日 · Division Composition: Infantry and Field Artillery Brigades, Divisional Trains; Trains: Ammunition, Supply, Engineer, Sanitary (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals); Attached: short term unit attachments; Detached: units detached from the division
Infantry Division. Paris, 1945. 33 p. #05-78.1945. _____. Order of Battle of the United States Army, World War II: European Theater of Operations, Divisions. Paris: 1945. pp. 248-56. D767.U52.
78th Infantry Division breaks through German defenses
On January 30, 1945, Maj. Gen. Edwin P Parker, Jr.’s 78th Infantry Division launched an attack near the towns of Simmerath and Kesternich. In just three days, the division had met its...