Chase Wilmot Kennedy was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the American Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, and World War I, he attained the rank of major general and was most notable for his First World War command of first the 78th Division, and later the 85th Division.
From the 1937 annual report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy
Major General Kennedy and Brigadier General Julius Penn reviewing troops at Camp Custer, Michigan, May 1918.
78th Infantry Division (United States)
The 78th Training Division (Operations) ("Lightning") is a unit of the United States Army which served in World War I and World War II as the 78th Infantry Division, and currently trains and evaluates units of the United States Army Reserve for deployment.
Private James W. Brown of the United States Army's 78th Infantry Division. He was part of the 308 Supply Company Field Artillery during World War I. The photo was taken somewhere in France during his tour in the war.
American and French soldiers at the front. The Americans (who during the war were given the nickname of doughboys) are Private John J. Burke, Corporal Victor E. Cowley and Private J. R. Keith, and are all from the 1st Battalion, 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, while the French are from the 320th Regiment. The picture was taken in Boult-aux-Bois, Ardennes, France, sometime in 1918.
Evert VanderRoest, before being sent to Europe as a part of the United States Army's 78th Infantry Division during World War II.
On parade in Berlin, 8 May 1946
