of 1918, it was the "point of the wedge" of the final offensive which knocked out Germany. The 78th was in three major campaigns during World War I – Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, and Lorraine. Demobilization at the end of the war took place in June 1919. Activated: 27 August 1917. Overseas: May 1918. Major Operations: Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel. Roll of Honor: two Medal of Honor recipients Casualties: Total-7,144 (KIA-1,169; WIA-5,975). Commanders: Maj. Gen. Chase W. Kennedy (23 August 1917), Brig. Gen. John S. Mallory (28 November 1917), Brig. Gen. James T. Dean (28 December 1917), Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott (2 January 1918), Brig. Gen. James T. Dean (16 March 1918), Maj. Gen. James H. McRae (20 April 1918). Inactivated: June 1919. Order of battle Headquarters, 78th Division 155th Infantry Brigade 309th Infantry Regiment 310th Infantry Regiment 308th Machine Gun Battalion 156th Infantry Brigade 311th Infantry Regiment 312th Infantry Regiment 309th Machine Gun Battalion 153rd Field Artillery Brigade 307th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 308th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 309th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) 303rd Trench Mortar Battery 307th Machine Gun Battalion 303rd Engineer Regiment 303rd Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop, 78th Division 303rd Train Headquarters and Military Police 303rd Ammunition Train 303rd Supply Train 303rd Engineer Train 303rd Sanitary Train 309th, 310th, 311th, and 312th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals Interwar period The division was reconstituted in the Organized Reserve on 24 June 1921 and assigned to the states of Delaware and New Jersey World War II In World War II, the 78th Division was ordered into active military service at Camp Butner, North Carolina, on 15 August 1942. It was designated as a replacement pool division on 1 October 1942, and remained in this assignment until 1 March 1943, when the 78th Division was restored to field duty, and to its training regimen. 78th Division moved to the Carolina Maneuver Area on 15 November 1943 to test its training, and then returned to Camp Butner on 7 December 1943. The personnel then went on Christmas leave, and deployed to the Tennessee Maneuver Area on 25 January 1944, where they participated in the 5th Second Army Tennessee Maneuvers. They then moved to Camp Pickett, Virginia, where they filled their TO&E, (table of organization and equipment), then deployed to the staging area at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, on 4 October 1944. After two years as a training division,