75th Infantry Division (United States) - Lineage

Lineage

• Constituted 24 December 1942, in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 75th Infantry Division.
• Activated 15 April 1943, at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
• Moved to Louisiana Maneuver Area on 24 January 1944, where it participated in the 4th Army # 6 Louisiana maneuvers.
• Transferred to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky on 7 April 1944.
• Staged at Camp Shanks, New York, on 7 November 1944.
• Deployed from New York Port of Embarkation on 14 November 1944.
• Arrived in England on 22 November 1944. Some troops spent time training at Seabank Hotel in Porthcawl, Wales.
• Assigned 9 December 1944, to the Ninth Army, which was part of the 12th Army Group.
• Further assigned 11 December 1944, to the XVI Corps.
• Landed in France on 13 December 1944.
• Crossed over into the Netherlands on 18 December 1944.
• Further assigned 22 December 1944, to the VII Corps, First Army (attached to the British 21st Army Group), 12th Army Group.
• Further assigned 29 December 1944 to the XVIII (Abn) Corps.
• Further assigned 2 January 1945 to the VII Corps.
• Further assigned 7 January 1945 to the XVIII (Abn) Corps.
• Further assigned 25 January 1945 to the 6th Army Group.
• Further assigned 30 January 1945 to the XXI Corps, Seventh Army, 6th Army Group, but attached for operations to the First French Army, 6th Army Group.
• Further assigned 11 February 1945 to the Seventh Army, 6th Army Group.
• Further assigned 14 February 1945 to the 12th Army Group.
• Further assigned 17 February 1945 to the Ninth Army, 12th Army Group, but attached to the British Second Army for operations and the British VIII Corps for administration. Entered Belgium.
• Withdrew to the Netherlands on 18 February 1945.
• Finally assigned 1 March 1945 to the XVI Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group.
• Entered Germany on 10 March 1945.
• Was located at Werdohl, Germany, on 14 August 1945
• Returned to Continental US at Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on 14 November 1945, and proceeded to Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
• Inactivated 14 November 1945, at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
• Allotted 21 February 1952, to the Organized Reserve Corps.
• Activated 1 March 1952, at Houston, Texas.
• (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952, as the Army Reserve).
• Inactivated 15 February 1957, at Houston, Texas.
• Redesignated 1 October 1993, as Headquarters, 75th Division (Exercise), and activated at Houston, Texas.
• Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 1999 as Headquarters, 75th Division (Training Support).