Off to the front are flares and searchlights, with darting stars behind and between. Upon arrival in France the 31st was designated as a replacement division. Went to the front in February 1918, the 15lst F. A., being in active service with the (Rainbow) Division. Battles: Cantigny, 2nd Battle of the Marne, Toul, St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest, Haueil, Alsace Lorraine Hill #204. Major General James A. McRae, commanding; Lieutenant-Colonel Harry N. Cootes, Chief of Staff; Major William T. MacMill, Adjutant General. A Nominal Roll usually lists a soldier's Regimental Number . Efforts are being made to have it adapted by the United States government. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 297. Real-photo postcard of a photograph of a U.S. Army M1918 155 mm Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) artillery gun after having been fired by soldiers standing around the gun at the firing range at Fort Bragg, N.C., around the 1920s [circa 1920s]. Theodore W. Patterson, Grant County, Indiana, Co. F, 63rd Infantry. Major General Harry F. Hodges, commanding; Major George M. Peek, Adjutant General. Just before sailing, he had been operated on for appendicitis at Camp Sherman in July 1918. Rice size lice have inflicted armies for thousands of years. He was killed over France on July 26, 1918. [13], Assisted by the French XXXII Corps, I Corps was organized and activated on 1520 January 1918. Major General C. G. Morton, commanding; Colonel George S. Goodale, Chief-of- Staff; Major James A. Ulio, Adjutant-General. Major General Adelbert Cronkhite, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel William H. Waldron, Chief of Staff, Major Steven C. Clark, Adjutant General. Two men were killed and one wounded in the last eight minutes of the war.. Pvt. P.O. Trained at Camp De Mailly, France from September 14, 1917, until April 12, 1918. Saw active service around the Verdun sector, and while there, was under heavy fire. The nickname "Rainbow Division" represented the diversity of men grouped into one division as reflected by Chief of Staff Major Douglass Mac Arthur that they "would stretch over the whole country like a rainbow." Small arms caliber 30 cartridges 2,082,400, With 8th French Army from April 13 - June 30, 1918, With 4th French Army from July 4 - August 13, 1918, With 1st American Army from September 1 21, 1918. Goldstar: Died Feb. 25, 1918 of wounds received from accidental causes in the line of Military duty, at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas: Clyde Erasmus Scott, while working at his trade as a bottle blower in Chicago Heights, Illinois, hearing the call of his country, enlisted in Co. M, 6th Illinois Infantry, April 12, 1917 and was sent to Camp Lowden, Springfield, Illinois for training. It saw no combat action in World War I. Real-photo postcard of a photograph of unidentified U.S. Army soldiers moving large shells of an M1918 240mm howitzer gun by a pulley chain along a rail track for carts at Camp Bragg, N.C., taken between 1918 and 1922 [circa 1918-1922]. Learn more in the Online Collections Database. First Army. Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 150th Field Artillery, 42nd Div. Killed in Action April 20, 1918 at Seichprey. Member of the Carnegie Expedition of 1915-16, circumnavigating the South Pole. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. When the signal is given the boys would rush into their billets and the officers thought they stayed in until the alls well signal is given, but there happen to be a back door in the building so boys would rush in the front door and out the back, and watch the battle.. Arrived at Camp Pontauezen, December 1, 1918, getting ready to sail for (illegible), Brest, France. the observers lived on the fat of the land. Was later transferred to Camp Logan, Tex., and Camp Shelby, Miss., where he was transferred to the 77th Field Artillery. B. Erwin, 6th Brigade, Field Artillery Brigadier General E. A. Millar, Division Units 6th Division Headquarters Troop; 16th Machine Gun Battalion, 71st Brigade Infantry Brigadier General Henry Hutchings, 72nd Brigade Infantry Brigadier General John A. Hulen. XXI. They fought at the second battle of the Marne, Luneville Sector, Ourcq River, Chateau-Thierry counteroffensive, St. Mihiel, Verdun, Champagne Woevre, and Meuse-Argonne, suffering heavy losses of more than 12,000 casualties in 264 days of combat operations out of 457 days of service on the front lines. Assigned to the 151st Field Artillery, Battery B, 42nd (Rainbow) Division in January 1918. from old catalog, World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- Artillery -- 311th Field Artillery, World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- Artillery -- 53d field artillery brigade. Participated in Major offenses at Lorraine Front, Champagne Front, St. Mihiel Front, and numerous smaller engagements both offensive and defensive. states that they will organize an American Legion Post and there will be a keg. [23] It was the third of four newly activated corps of the American Expeditionary Forces, which at that time numbered over 1,000,000 men across 23 divisions. 149th Field Artillery Regiment, 42nd Division | American Battle Monuments Commission 149th Field Artillery Regiment, 42nd Division Home 149th Field Artillery Regiment, 42nd Division Legacy ID 26627 Legacy Alias /db-abmc-burial-unit/149th-field-artillery-regiment-42nd-division Legacy Source db_abmc_burial_unit Stanley S. Stevens Read more Enlisted in 1916 in 17th Cavalry. Some of the troops fought alongside Italian forces in that same year, against Austro-Hungarian forces. Earl H. Patterson, Grant County, Indiana,Battery E, 44th Field artillery. His home is Lafayette. The beer still tastes excellent, and he still drinks a few pints daily. The 90th Division Association, 1920 Lonnie J. Serving as a regular soldier when WW1 broke out, he was deployed from Aldershot with the 149th Battalion 26th Brigade Royal Field Artillery to the Western Front with the 1st Division of British Expeditionary Forces under the command of Lt-Colonel Cunliffe-Owen, landing in France on 16th August 1914, where their first encounter with the German . Real-photo postcard of a photograph of an unidentified U.S. Army soldier with Battery C, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, sitting on the end of the raised-up barrel of an M1918 240mm howitzer gun at Camp Bragg, N.C., taken between 1918 and 1922 [circa 1918-1922]. 149th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) (formerly 1st Field Artillery, Illinois National Guard) 150th Regiment (155 mm) (formerly 1st Field Artillery, Indiana National Guard) 151st Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) (formerly 1st Field Artillery, Minnesota National Guard) We trained in Shelby until September 22, 1918. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 192. This Regiment, organized at a great deal of expense to the promoters, who worked for only the deepest patriotic motives, never came nearer to federal service then to secure from the government, permission for its officers to enter into work at the Governments Artillery School at West Point, Kentucky. At the start of World War I in 1914, beer was already an ancient beverage made and consumed by most the nations involved in the war. Fere-en-Tardenois to celebrate the anniversary on July 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States), 150th Machine Gun Battalion (formerly Companies E, F, and G, 2nd Infantry, Wisconsin National Guard), 151st Machine Gun Battalion (formerly Companies B, C, and F, 2nd Infantry, Georgia National Guard), 149th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm) (formerly 1st Field Artillery, Illinois National Guard), 151st Field Artillery Regiment (75mm) (formerly 1st Field Artillery, Minnesota National Guard), 117th Trench Mortar Battery (formerly 3rd and 4th Companies, Coast Artillery, Maryland National Guard), 149th Machine Gun Battalion (formerly 3rd Battalion, 4th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard), 117th Engineer Regiment (formerly Separate Battalions, Engineers, California and South Carolina National Guards), 117th Field Signal Battalion (formerly 1st Battalion, Signal Corps, Missouri National Guard), Headquarters Troop, 42nd Division (formerly 1st Separate Troop, Cavalry, Louisiana National Guard), 117th Train Headquarters and Military Police (formerly 1st and 2nd Companies, Coast Artillery, Virginia National Guard), 117th Ammunition Train (formerly 1st Ammunition Train, Kansas National Guard), 117th Supply Train (formerly Supply Train, Texas National Guard), 117th Engineer Train (formerly Engineer Train, North Carolina National Guard), 117th Sanitary Train (165th168th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals), 165th Ambulance Company (formerly 1st Ambulance Company, Michigan National Guard), 165th Field Hospital (formerly 1st Field Hospital, Washington, D.C. National Guard), 166th Ambulance Company (formerly 1st Ambulance Company, New Jersey National Guard), 166th Field Hospital (formerly 1st Field Hospital, Nebraska National Guard), 167th Ambulance Company (formerly 1st Ambulance Company, Tennessee National Guard), 167th Field Hospital (formerly 1st Field Hospital, Oregon National Guard), 168th Ambulance Company (formerly 1st Ambulance Company, Oklahoma National Guard), 168th Field Hospital (formerly 1st Field Hospital, Colorado National Guard. He has enlisted again and is now going to school. He sends his greetings. [Translated from German to English]. Reorganized 1 September 2008 to consist of the 1st Battalion. Volunteered in engineer officers Reserve Corps, April 10, 1917, Washington, DC. One night I got my nerve up and another fellow and I went to sleep in what had been an old German stable. Army War College Historical Section (1988a), p. v. Army War College Historical Section (1988a), pp. Didn't see how it got by the censors, but surely did I see by the papers I receive from you that you all know we are at the front, and from now on we are going to give the Boche Hell. Also served with the Army of Occupation in Germany. 81149. A German/Anglo brewery in Tsingtao, China was in production at the beginning of the war and was there when Japanese forces attacked the German garrison taking control. Awarded Distinguish Service Cross for rescuing a comrade during a heavy bombardment. Typhus can be fatal and caused many deaths among the soldiers. Trained at Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Read this book online: HTML (as submitted), D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918), World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States, United States. Corporal James Edward Connolly, should by right to be placed on the Goldstar list, having contracted the ailments which resulted in his death while in service at training camps. Daily, Memorial Day - Labor Day 150th Field Artillery, 42nd (Rainbow) Div.. Death Valley, being about the most thrilling and heart-rendering experience, I might say. ", "Fired twenty-nine rounds on Huez Farm. This is very typical., On a printed card from the YMCA, The Y.M.C.A accepts no responsibility for money or valuables kept by soldiers during the night. VI Corps served with the First United States Army in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the MeuseArgonne Offensive. When under fire with his squad, he noticed the guns had ceased around him. Arrived in France and transferred to Co. K., 28th infantry, 1st Division. In addition to the numbered battalions, there were two named battalions. With a helmet full of flour and a little corn syrup any hausfrau could produce an elegant set of waffles. Evidently, the waffles reached such an esteemed place that the very name of eierkuchen was transferred to anything that looked appetizing, especially young women.. Perviance at the Christian Church, after which he was laid to rest in beautiful Park Cemetery, Fairmount, Indiana., Robert S. Middleton, Infantry, Marion County, Indiana. Later, on 21 June, IV Corps was ordered to replace I Corps in the French VIII Corps area. Army. Independence, VA 24348 Here, Pete went through hard military training and was very anxious for overseas duty and was ready to go, when he came to his death on February 25, 1918. Major General Hunter Liggett, commanding. Went across this division in May 1918. Harry Robert Hall, Major, Batt. Real-photo postcard of a photograph of an unidentified field artillery crew standing around an artillery gun on the firing range at Camp Bragg, N.C., taken between 1918 US Signal Corps photo. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 75. It served in the Saint-Mihiel offensive, Lorraine offensive, Champagne offensive, and the MeuseArgonne Offensive. 67th Field Artillery Brigade: 149th Field Artillery (75)(1445) 150th Field Artillery (155)(1767) 151st Field Artillery (75)(1385) 117th Trench Mortar Battery Divisional Troops 149th Machine Gun Battalion (397) 117th Engineers (1484) 117th Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop Train: 117th Train Headquarters & Military Police Was home on furlough, July 1919, arrived back to Camp Mills, sent from there to Washington, DC, and is now serving with the 63rd Infantry at East Potomac Park, Washington, DC. Entered service in April 1918. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Possibly at Camp Funston. 26th Division Major General Clarence R. Edwards, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel Cassius M. Dowell, Chief of Staff; Major Charles A. Stevens, Adjutant General. Was in the death ward at Nantes, France for many days. The first C Batteryman to give his life for the cause. November 11, 1918 armistice signed, our guns ceased firing at 10:55 A. M. although the Germans fired for eight minutes after we had received orders to stop. This page has been accessed 499 times. It moved to the Western Front in February 1918, and served in the Second Battle of the Somme and the Third Battle of Albert. Army War College Historical Section (1988a), p. 235. A postcard with an inscription, described the outdoor tables in Bourges where the French would gather to drink and socialize, as pictured. The Digital Bookshelf, American Expeditionary Forces, 39th "Delta" Division, www.thedigitalbookshelf.us/division_39.htm, See Also, Wyllie, Col. Robert E. "The Romance of Military Insignia." Order of Battle (Unit Structure) American Forces World War I (1998). Was first to advocate the introduction of magnetic analysis into the building of cannons; the methods purpose being the detection of flaws in large, raw pieces of cast steel. It was assigned to the First Army when it was created on 15 August 1918. One son is still in the service. Wine or beer purchased in cafes will be used on the premises and not carried away in bottles or other receptables.. Headquarters, 428th Field Artillery Brigade. View of French Army soldiers,wearing Adrian helmets, and two unidentified military personnel, standing around a captured, camouflaged German artillery gun, seen on an artillery-damaged hill, north of Pont--Mousson, France (circa 1918) Photograph collected by Henry L. Graves. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 210. Gradually the noise dies down, and only the distant intermittent spat of rifle and pistol is heard. Died of Wounds rom the 2nd Battle of the Marne, KIA June 28, 1918, while battery was preparing to evacuate positions in the Toul Sector, Postcard of "Mac Arthur in the Trenches" mural by Alton S. Toby depicting. On 12 October 1918, General Robert Lee Bullard took command of the Second Army and Heintzelman became his chief-of-staff. Since writing last I have received seven of your letters, the last dated March 11th. How about it? It attacked in the Lorraine area, and also around Saint-Mihiel, before later recapturing and liberating the Duchy of Luxemburg. The explosive is being further perfected and has not yet been adapted for military purpose. Later transferred to the cannon section of the Ordnance Department, May 1918, Washington, DC. Was in the Argonne Battle, St. Mihiel, Beanla Woods. Humans have the distinction of having there very own lice. #78 wrote on May 8, 1919, Hello Rummy: I guess that is a fitting salutation for one who has told me in a - past letter he has started drinking Rum, BEER, Wine & Cognac. Sent to Camp Greene, N, C., a mobilization camp for the 4th Division. Have never been discharged from the 2nd Indiana Field Artillery and still a member of this unfortunate and mistreated Regiment. The 148th Field Artillery participated in the Battle of Chateau-Thierry, Champagne-Marne Defensive, Aisne-Marne Offensive, St. Mihiel Offensive, Meuse-Argonne Offensive firing a total of 67,590 rounds of ammunition. Out of the six months on the front, we were relieved for eleven days; then we remained within hearing distance of heavy guns. EXTRA POSTAGE As I write, I can hear the big guns having a little evening entertainment. From the papers of Captain Clarence J. Minick, 361st Infantry, 91st Division the following order was found: Headquarters 3rd Battalion, 91st Division, Sarrey, France, July 24, 1918. The formation was committed to the Lorraine offensive on 26 October. A shell exploded just twenty feet from him and a heavy thicket was all that saved him. This list identifies Army units that were awarded assault landing credit for the Normandy invasion, 6 and 7 June 1944. American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front (World War I) order of battle. 42nd Division (Rainbow) Major General C. T. Menoher, commanding; Major Walter E. Powers, Adjutant General, Major General Robert Lee Bullard, commanding. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 393. Guard for President Wilson at his Paris Mansion and the Peace Commission, from February 12 to July 8, 1919. Bayoneted through neck September 12, 1918, and gassed in the Battle of Meuse-Argonne, November 10, 1918. Left Mehnin today 11AM. Cpl. Changes in the opening and closing hours of pubs in England occurred during the war when the situation became dire from many of the war industries workers spending more time drinking beer and other intoxicating liquor than producing artillery shells and airplanes. Phone: 816.888.8100. Another lieutenant and I walked eight kilometres to investigate - and found that it was all wrong; there wasn't even Pinard! Pinard was a red French table wine. A letter from F. Thunhorst of Riemsloh Germany to Carl Rosendahl, June 3, 1915, related that one of their acquaintances Old [illegible] is still the same and he just keeps going. Cart. Snapshot of a large group of covered wheeled field artillery guns parked outside of the laundry building at Camp Jackson, S.C., around 1918 during World War I. Battery E in France: 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division. Three days later, the formation was designated an administrative organization and tasked with commanding training efforts in the French XXXIII Corps and the French XL Corps areas, relieving V Corps of the command. Ammunition Train in December 1917. VI Corps was then stationed in Belgium and Luxemburg from 19 December 1918 to 11 April 1919, when it was finally demobilized. These should be handed for safe keeping to the Leader in charge of the Hut. Frank Carlton Loring, Captain, Ordnance Department, Officers Reserve Corps, Grant County, Indiana. Commander Battery D, 129th Field Artillery. Army War College Historical Section (1988a), pp. Ind. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 193. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 90. Army War College Historical Section (1988b), p. 339. [14] It was finally demobilized on 25 March 1919. Haven't heard from you for some time and we are expecting to leave Toul for a port of embarkation at any day now, so I thot [sic] I would write you a word so that if I am quite a while.. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. Was commissioned 1st Lt., Ordnance Officers Reserve Corps, September 1917, Washington, DC. This was one of the first United States official photographs of the American advance in the Argonne, a district that is not all forest by any means, but comprises much-cultivated territory and many towns and villages that have been wrecked by ruthless German fire. [7][N 1] It was subsequently involved in the Occupation of the Rhineland. 337340. 22 March 2007. For the primary, peacetime category, see: 67th Field Artillery Brigade Categories: United States Army Field Artillery Regiments. They Battled 40 Days to Keep the Huns from Paris. Major General Peter E. Traub, commanding; Colonel Robert McCleave, Chief of Staff; Major J. M. Hobson, Adjutant-General, Major General George B. Duncan, commanding; Major W. N. Haskell, Adjutant-General, Major General W. P. Burnham, commanding; Lieutenant Colonel Royden E. Beebe, Chief of Staff; Lieutenant Colonel John R. Thomas, Adjutant General, Major General William M. Wright, commanding, Major General Joseph T. Dickman, commanding; Colonel Robert H. Kelton, Chief-of- Staff; Captain Frank L. Purdon, Adjutant General, Major General John E. McMahon, commanding; Colonel Ralph E. Ingram, Chief-of- Staff; Major David P. Wood, Adjutant General. 578 East Main Street Mobilized at amp, Wolf, Rushville, Indiana August 5, 1917. Battery C, 108th Field Artillery firing a salvo at retreating Huns, from the ruins of an unidentified city in France. Every shell hole was used for machine-gun emplacements. A kind and loving son and a true friend., Mr. and Mrs. George Catlin, R. R. 1, Atlanta, Indiana, Edward Andrew Snyder, 139th Field Artillery, Decatur County, Indiana, Enlisted in Co. B., 4th Indiana Infantry, June 22, 1917. I didn't get out to the gun positions very often. Mailing Address While occupying this O.P. For assistance with this or related categories ask in G2G making sure to tag your question with both categorization and Great_War. George Coppard, British Machine Gun Corps, after being wounded, October 1916. 329336. Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms. WWI Collar Insignia for Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Train Co. Phillip J. McCauley, Captain, Artillery, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Major General J. F. ORyan, commanding; Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley H. Ford, Chief-of-Staff; Lieutenant-Colonel Frank W. Ward, Adjutant General. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. All the boys in France had a try at the sterilizing, de-verminatizing machine which rid their clothes of cooties. Email: research_support@graysonheritage.org 81st Brigade, Infantry Brigadier General Wilson B. Burt, 82nd Brigade Infantry Brigadier General Edward Vollrath, Division Units 41st Division Headquarters Troop; 146th Machine Gun Battalion, 83rd Brigade Infantry Brigadier General M. Lenihan, 84th Brigade, Infantry Brigadier General R. A.