79th Infantry Division:
The Cross of Lorraine Division.

The 79th Division was activated as a component of the Army
of the United States on June 15th, 1942, with Headquarters
at Camp Pickett, Virginia. The 79th had two changes of station
and also participated in maneuvers in Tennessee and the
California-Nevada Maneuver area before embarking for
the European Theater in April of 1944

The shoulder patch worn by the 79th Division is based on a
WW I design that was approved for wear by the AEF on November
16th, 1918. The Lorraine Cross (which in strict heraldric terms
is of a different design) was adopted as the patch because
it is a symbol of triumph, and the 79th fought victoriously
in the Lorraine Campaign of WW I.

Worn from:
16 November 1918 - 30 December 1965.

Re-designated:
Seventy-ninth Army Reserve Command.
Worn from:
22 August 1974 - Current.


Campaigns:
World War I
(Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine 1918),

World War II
(Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland,
Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe).

Decorations:
French Croix de Guerre with Palm
(streamers embroidered Parroy Forest,
and Normandy to Paris).