Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 April 2011
HEADQUARTERS
78th TRAINING DIVISION
(LIGHTNING)
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 2 October 2009 as Headquarters, 78th Training Brigade
Location changed 16 October 2009 to Fort Dix, New Jersey
Redesignated 18 September 2010 as Headquarters, 78th Training Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Lorraine 1918
World War II
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History