The 86th Infantry Division, also known as the Blackhawk Division, was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. Currently called the 86th Training Division, based at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, members of the division now work with Active Army, Reserve, and National Guard units to provide them with a Decisive Action Training Environment on a yearly basis. World War I The division saw no combat in World War I. The division was originally organized on 25 August 1917 at Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois. A small cadre of Regular Army, in addition to Officers Reserve Corps and National Army officers staffed the division, while the soldiers were predominantly Selective Service men drawn from the states of Illinois and Wisconsin. It went overseas in August 1918, and was ordered to be skeletonized in October, with its personnel transferred to other units. It returned to the United States in November 1918, and was deactivated in January 1919. Order of battle Headquarters, 86th Division 171st Infantry Brigade 341st Infantry Regiment 342nd Infantry Regiment 332nd Machine Gun Battalion 172nd Infantry Brigade 343rd Infantry Regiment 344th Infantry Regiment 333rd Machine Gun Battalion 161st Field Artillery Brigade 331st Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 332nd Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 333rd Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) 311th Trench Mortar Battery Headquarters Troop, 86th Division 331st Machine Gun Battalion 311th Engineer Regiment 311th Field Signal Battalion 311th Train Headquarters and Military Police 311th Ammunition Train 311th Supply Train 311th Engineer Train 311th Sanitary Train 341st, 342nd, 343rd, and 344th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals Commanders Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry (25 August 1917) Brig. Gen. Lyman W.V. Kennon (26 November 1917) Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry (15 February 1918) Brig. Gen. Lyman W.V. Kennon (21 March 1918) Maj. Gen. Charles Henry Martin (18 April 1918) Brig. Gen. Lincoln Clark Andrews (19 October 1918) Maj. Gen. Charles Clarendon Ballou (19 November 1918) Interwar period The division was reconstituted in the Organized Reserve on 24 June 1921 and assigned to the state of Illinois. The headquarters was organized on 10 September 1921. World War II Ordered into active military service: 15 December 1942 at Camp Howze, Texas. Overseas: 19 February 1945, for the ETO; 24 August 1945, for the Pacific Campaigns: Central Europe Days of combat: 34 Awards: DSC-2 ; DSM-1 ; SS-12 ; LM-1; SM-1 ; BSM282 ; AM-2 Commanders: Maj. Gen.