7th Infantry Division Assn

Dates	Location	Events & Campaigns
6 Dec 1917	Camp Wheeler, GA	Division Created
10 Nov 1918	France	Lorraine Campaign & Penny Ridge
11 Nov 1918 to Nov 1919	France	Occupation Duty
24 Mar 1923	Camp Meade, MD	De-activated
1 Jul 1940	Fort Ord, CA	Re-activated
7 Dec 1941	Deployed throughout California as emergency Defense troops	Sacramento Valley, & Northern Coast, Central Coast
Jan 1942	San Francisco, CA	Construction of Defense camps
Feb 1942	San Luis Obispo, CA	Mechanized Training
9 Apr 1942	Mojave Desert	Re-designated 7th Motorized Division Trained for Africa
1 Jan 1943	Fort Ord, CA	Re-designated 7th Infantry Division
Jan 1943 to April 1943	Fort Ord, CA & San Luis Obispo, CA	Amphibious Training
11 May 1943	Aleutian Islands	Attu landing
30 May 1943	Aleutian Islands	Attu Secured
14 Aug 1943	Aleutian Islands	Kiska landing And secured
Sep 1943	Scofield Barracks, Hawaii	Trained for Pacific Islands
30 Jan 1944	Marshall Islands	Landed on outer Islands - Enubuj (Carlson)
1 Feb 1944	Marshall Islands	Kwajalein Landing
4 Feb 1944	Marshall Islands	Kwajalein Secured
Feb 1944	Scofield Barracks, Hawaii	Additional Training
28 Jul 1944	Scofield Barracks - Hawaii	Division reviewed by General Douglas McArthur and President Franklin D. Roosevelt
15 Sep 1944	Departed Hawaii	Destination - Yap Island
11 Oct 1944	Departed Manus Island	Destination - Leyte, PI
20 Oct 1944	Philippines	Dulag Landing
6 Feb 1945	Philippines	Leyte Secured
Mar 1945	Philippines	Training for Ryukyu chain invasion
1 Apr 1945	Ryukyu Islands	Okinawa Landing
21 Jun 1945	Ryukyu Islands	Okinawa Secured
Sep 1945	South Korea	Acceptance of Japanese surrender
Sep 1945 To Sep 1948	South Korea	Occupation Duty
Sep 1948 to Sep 1950	Japan	Occupation Duty & Training
17 Sep 1950	South Korea	Inchon landing
30 Sep 1950	South Korea	Seoul secured
1 Oct 1950	South Korea	Moved to Pusan for training
29 Oct 1950	North Korea	Iwon landing
21 Nov 1950	North Korea	Arrived at Yalu River
19 Dec 1950	North Korea	Hungam evacuation
Jan 1951	South Korea	Chechon-Tanyand-Chungju area
Jun 1951	South Korea	Kumhwa Valley
1952	South Korea	Heartbreak, Triangle, Iron Triangle
1953	South Korea	Chorwon Valley, Porkchop Hill, Old Baldy, Dale outpost
Jul 1953 to Mar 1971	South Korea Camp Casey	Defense Duty
2 Apr 1971	Fort Lewis, WA	De-activated
21 Oct 1974	Fort Ord, CA	Re-activated
1 Oct 1985	Fort Ord, CA	Redesignated 7th Infantry Division (Light)
April 1987 to November 1987	Sinai, Egypt	Multinational Force and Observers (5-21)
16 Mar 1988	Honduras	Operation Golden Pheasant
May 1989 to Dec 1989	Panama	Operation Nimrod Dancer
19 Dec 1989	Panama	Operation Just Cause
30 Jan 1990	Panama	Area secure
Feb 1990	Fort Ord, CA	Support Training
Feb 1991 to Aug 1991	4/21/ INF Deployed to Sinai-MFO	Security - Operation Desert Storm
1-10 May 1992	Los Angeles, California	Riot Control
9 Aug 1993	Fort Ord, CA	Re-designation as 9th RCT
9 Aug 1993	Fort Lewis, WA	New Station for 9th RCT
18 May 1994	Fort Ord, CA	Deactivated
15 Jun 1994	Fort Ord, CA	Formally Inactive
7 April 1999	Fort Carson, CO	Reactivation announced
4 June 1999	Fort Carson, CO	Formal Reactivation Ceremony
10 July 1999	Kuwait & Saudi Arabia Deployment - 4 month	Units of the 39th SIB (Arkansas)
15 Oct 1999	Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Deployment - 4 month	Units of the 39th SIB (Arkansas) 41st SIB (Oregon)
Summer 2000	Bosnia Deployment	Units of the 45th SIB (Oklahoma)
April 2002	Sinai, Egypt: Multinational Force and Observers	(41st SIB: 1-186th Infantry) (Oregon)
Jan. 2003 to July 2003	Sinai, Egypt: Multinational Force and Observers / Iraqi Freedom	(45th SIB: 1-180th Infantry) (Oklahoma)
Jan. 2003 to July 2003	Kuwait / Iraq: Operation Southern Watch / Iraqi Freedom	(45th SIB: 1-179th Infantry) (Oklahoma)
November 2003 to 2004	Afghanistan: Enduring Freedom	(45th SIB HQ) (Oklahoma)
February 2004 to 2005	Afghanistan: Enduring Freedom	(45th SIB; 1/279 BN) (Oklahoma)
August 2006	Fort Carson, CO	Inactivated
October 2012	Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA	Reactivated

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Dr. Syngman Rhee, the first president (1948-1960) of the Republic of Korea, in appreciation of the 7th Infantry Division's heroic exploits in the Korean War (1950-1953), gave permission to the Division to use the immortal folk song "Arirang" as it's official march song.

Chronological History 7th Infantry Division