75th Infantry Division (United States)

75th Infantry Division

75th Infantry Division Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active 15 April 1943 – 14 November 1945
1 March 1952 – 15 February 1957
1 October 1993 – present
Country United States
Branch Army Reserve
Role Training
Size Division
Headquarters Houston, Texas
Motto "Make Ready"
Engagements Rhineland;
Ardennes-Alsace;
Central Europe
Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER;
Battle honours Distinguished Service Cross-4 ;
Silver Star-193;
Legion of Merit-7;
Soldier's Medal-30;
Bronze Star Medal-1,321;
Air Medal-30.
Commanders
Current
commander
MG Jimmie Jaye Wells
Notable
commanders
MG Ray E. Porter
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia
US infantry divisions (1939–present)
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The 75th Infantry Division was a division of the United States Army in World War II. It was also active from 1952 to 1957 as a combat division of the United States Army Organized Reserves.

In 1993, the division was reactivated as the 75th Division (Training Support) in the Army Reserve, and remains active. In January 2003, numerous units of the 75th Division (Training Support) were mobilized to train other Army Reserve and National Guard units deploying overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF). Several of the division's units remain mobilized even to the present day.

Contents

Lineage

World War II

World War II Units

Combat chronicle

Note that these combat chronicles, current as of October 1948, are reproduced from The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States.[2]

Casualties

Prisoners of War Taken: 20,630

Honors

Campaign participation credit

  1. Rhineland;
  2. Ardennes-Alsace;
  3. Central Europe

Decorations

Unit awards
Individual awards

Commanders

  1. MG Willard S. Paul (April – August 1943),
  2. MG Fay B. Prickett (August 1943 – January 1945),
  3. MG Ray E. Porter (January – June 1945),
  4. MG Arthur A. White (June – October 1945),
  5. BG Charles R. Doran (October 1945 to inactivation),
  6. MG Eldon P. Regua (August 2008 to July 2011),
  7. MG Jimmie Jaye Wells (July 2011 to present).

Current units

The 75th Training Division (Mission Command) is currently separated into an HHC and five (5) training brigades (MCTBs), each of which is separated into three training groups (MCTGs). The 75th Training Division (MC) is a force and training multiplier. The 75th Training Division (MC) and its subordinate Brigades are the only entities that have the mission and capability to train RC forces in the full spectrum of the Mission Command Staff Training (MCST) continuum. The MCTD executes MCST in all phases of the ARFORGEN culminating in the preparation of battalions, brigades and higher-level headquarters (HQs) for deployment in the Available phase of the ARFORGEN rotational strategy. The MCTD structure provides a unique capability to the USAR and the Army.

75th MCTD Vision Statement: To be the premier provider of realistic and relevant battle-focused command and staff training in a digital (ABCS) contemporary operating environment, making the total force ready for any worldwide mission.

MCTD Headquarters – Houston, Texas

MCTD HHC – Houston, Texas

General

References

  1. ^ "About the Seabank Hotel". Seabank Hotel. http://www.seabankhotel.co.uk/about-us.aspx. Retrieved 8 August 2010. 
  2. ^ U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 510–592

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