on 22 May 1946. World War II order of battle Headquarters, 78th Infantry Division 309th Infantry Regiment 310th Infantry Regiment 311th Infantry Regiment Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 78th Infantry Division Artillery 307th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 308th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 309th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm) 903rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 303rd Engineer Combat Battalion 303rd Medical Battalion 78th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Headquarters, Special Troops, 78th Infantry Division Headquarters Company, 78th Infantry Division 778th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 78th Quartermaster Company 78th Signal Company Military Police Platoon Band 78th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment Attachments 552nd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (AW) 20 December 1944 – after VE day 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion 19 December 1944 – 23 December 1944 709th Tank Battalion 10 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 736th Tank Battalion 25 January 1945 – 1 February 1945 774th Tank Battalion 3 February 1945 – 24 February 1945 817th Tank Destroyer Battalion 1 December 1944 – 6 December 1944 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion 11 December 1944 – after VE day Assignments in European Theater of Operations 9 November 1944: Ninth Army, 12th Army Group. 28 November 1944: XIX Corps 5 December 1944: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group. 18 December 1944: VII Corps. 20 December 1944: Attached, with the entire First Army, to the British 21st Army Group. 22 December 1944: XIX Corps, Ninth Army (attached to the British 21st Army Group), 12th Army Group. 2 February 1945: V Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group. 3 February 1945: XVIII (Abn) Corps. 12 February 1945: III Corps. 16 March 1945: VII Corps. 3 April 1945: XVIII (Abn) Corps. 19 April 1945: First Army, 12th Army Group. 22 May 1946: Deactivated Summary Called into federal service: 15 August 1942. Overseas: 14 October 1944. Campaigns: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe. Days of combat: 125. Distinguished Unit Citations: 4. Commanders: Maj. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr. (August 1942 – November 1945), Maj. Gen. Ray W. Barker (January 1946 to inactivation). Inactivated: 22 May 1946 in Europe. World War II individual awards One Medal of Honor recipient (Jonah Edward Kelley, of the 311th Infantry); ten Distinguished Service Crosses; 599 Silver Star medals; 3,909 Bronze Star medals and 5,454 Purple Hearts. 1,368 officers and enlisted men had perished. Casualties Total battle casualties: 8,146 Killed in action: 1,427 Wounded in action: 6,103 Missing in action: 231 Prisoner of war: 385 Post-war service In November 1946, the 78th Infantry