It gives me great pleasure to extend to you and the officers and men of the 91st Division my compliments upon their splendid record in France. 2ND HV MOBILE ORD REP SHOP-39TH REGT,CO B. 347TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY D-DET OF PNTS 349TH FA RECRUIT DEPOT. The 361st passed through Epinonville, clearing out groups of the enemy as it went, but when an attempt was made to debouch from the town and the road leading west from it the troops were met by such a hail of machine gun bullets from the, woods and orchards beyond that no progress could be made. As a result of the congestion in the camp at St. Nazaire, the movement by rail was interrupted from March 25 to 30. The Group of Armies in Flanders was dissolved. Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 363rd Infantry Regiment. The 37th was relieved by the 117th Division during the night of September 12-13; on the 16th the 53rd sector was taken over by the 1st Guard Division. The morning of the 27th, the Commanding General embarked on a transport for France. During his long life he fought in Spain, in Italy and in Switzerland, but the greatest enemy of this mighty emperor, as in Caesars time, so in all time, was the Germanic people. The other officer was in charge of the message center for the night. Captain, now Lieut. The remainder of the casuals, under Lieut. It contains about 400 books. Division P. C. was moved to Chateau-Stuivenberghe at 4 oclock. The attack orders from the 1st Division assigned to the 181st Brigade the thorough mopping up of the triangular sector with the line Hills 255-269 as a base and La Tuilerie.Farm as apex, at which latter point the boundaries of the 1st and 32nd Divisions joined, converging on it from the south and southwest respectively. The 3rd Battalion of the 363rd Infantry Regiment, commanded by Major, now Colonel, J. The only explanation for this discrepancy is that men formerly with the 91st Division who had been evacuated to the rear, or had lost their way, might, after being relieved from hospitals; have rejoined other divisions after the 91st Division was transferred to Belgium. Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 383rd Infantry Regiment. The 91st was directed to attack at H hour, October 31, on the front Waereghem (inclusive) to Steenbrugge (exclusive). These men had been exposed to influenza and many were suffering from the disease. 314TH TRENCH MORTAR CAC-FA BOARD FT BRAGG, 9TH REGT F.A.R.D BTRY F-HQ CO 7TH BN F.A.R.D, 7TH BN F.A.R.D BTRY A-BTRY C 15TH BN F.A.R.D, 16TH BN F.A.R.D BTRY A-HQ CO 55TH BN F.A.R.D, 2nd FIELD BN SC CO B-CO C 6TH FIELD BN SC, 9TH FIELD BN SC CO C-CO A 103RD FLD BN SC, 103RD FIELD BN SC CO B-CO B 107TH FLD SIG BN, 107TH FIELD SIG SC CO C-MED SAN 112TH FLD SIG BN, 112TH FIELD SIG SC CO A-CO C 116TH FLD SIG BN, DET 116TH FIELD SIG BN-CO A 302ND FLD SIG BN, HQ CO F.A.R.D. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501 Under the energetic influence of its Commander, Major General Johnston, the 91st American Division reached all its objectives on the 31st October and 1st November, with remarkable dash and energy. Its morale, according to all available information, was excellent. This was done by withdrawing the entirely exhausted 1st Guard and 117th Divisions, and by moving to the west the 5th Guard and 45th Reserve Divisions. The leading battalion of the 363rd Infancy was able to make more and more rapid progress than the leading line of the 362nd. This page was last edited on 2 July 2021, at 09:21. 964- attached to 1st Guard Division.Landwehr Foot Artillery Battalion No. Sincerely yours,(Signed) JOHN J. PERSHING. Several transports carrying men of the 91st had preceded the majority of the Division, however, by some days, landing the men at other French ports. The first ambulances reached the Division P. C. on the 29th at Epinonville. The commanding officers, 364th Infantry, went to Chateau-Cruyshautem, to confer with the Commanding General, 12th Division. DET FIN DEPT FT MONMOUTH-ROTC DET COLETHORPE. The only thing withheld was the exact assignment of D day and H hour; but everyone felt that this could not now be long delayed. On June 19 the advance part left Camp Lewis. Major Hanson, 347th Machine Gun Battalion, went forward with patrols after the artillery concentration and reported that no material effect had been gained against the defenses of Hill 288, only a few shells of small caliber falling on positions. The 32nd Division relieved a battalion of the 361st Infantry which had held Grange aux Bois Farm since September 29. Each night our patrols heard sounds of digging along the hostile outposts and each day air reports indicated new emplacements and deepened trenches. As the latest information of the destination of various trains had been obtained at the mouth of the Somme River on the 18th at the vicinity of Ypres, and as it was learned at Dunkerque that Headquarters of the Group of Armies in Flanders was at a small village on the Belgian coast east of Dunkerque, the Division Commander reported at that headquarters on the morning of October 19 to Major General J. M. J. de Goutte, then acting as Chief of Staff of the Group of Armies under the command of the King of the Belgians, from whom it was learned that, in a day or two, the 91st Division with 53rd Field Artillery Brigade attached would be attached to the French Army of Belgium, under Major General de Boissoudy. At noon, October 15, orders by telephone were received from Headquarters, First Army, directing the Division to move by rail to Belgium, entraining at three points, including Revigny, the following day. 2NDFIELD ARTILLERY BTRY A-BTRY C 2ND FA REGT BASE SEC #1, 6TH FA REGT BTRY C-DET BTRY 6TH FA REGT FT CROCKETT TEX. Back to the 96th Infantry Division. Some definite information as to the extent, the direction and force of the impending blow must have reached the headquarters of the various German divisions in the Argonne during the early morning of the 25th, for from that time until the actual launching of our attack twenty-four hours later there was issued a flood of orders, messages and directions, all evidently designed to prepare the sector for a much greater and more deadly shock than had been previously foreseen. The 2nd Battalion, 361st, followed the 362nd. DET 157TH CO CAC FT JAY NY REDES 15TH CO CAC L.I.S.-DET A CAC L.I.S. 82ND FIELD ARTILLERY MED DETL-82ND FA BTRY B. The units attached to the 32nd Division were ordered to take up positions on the left of the line occupied by that division to relieve elements of the 32nd Division northwest of Gesnes in the Bois de Chene-sec. At this time 2 colonels, 2 lieutenant colonels, 8 majors and 123 company officers of infantry were required to replace officers killed and wounded during the six days of advance. Three separate assaults on Epinonville were made, but each was repulsed and by night the brigade was at the foot of the ridge of Epionville, which town had been entered on the 26th and three times on the 27th. The 364th Infantry, on the left of and following the 363rd, advanced beyond Very, digging in for the night southwest of, but near, the 363rd. This resulted in orders from the Division Commander to the 181st Brigade to take Grange aux Bois Farm, as mentioned above. The district is wild, sparsely populated and poorly provided with roads. Colonel Parker and Major Bradbury of the 362nd were wounded, a number of valuable officers were killed, the total loss of the regiment in killed and wounded being at least five hundred. 321TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT ENL ORD-BTRY B 322ND FA REGT. and the 91st Division to the Seventh French Corps. This was, of course, an impossible situation. Meanwhile, General Greene had been organizing his staff with a view of its permanency. Firing on them and killing five, he captured a Belgian citizen who was attempting to guide these Germans out of the city without being captured. Many men were suffering from diarrhea due to exposure for five days without warm food or overcoats and blankets. It was gratifying to see your troops in such good physical shape, but still more so to know that the moral tone of all ranks is so high, which it is hoped will continue even after their return to civil life. They were mustered out July 12, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Colonel Peter C. Field; Division Inspector, Major A. D. Cummings. During its engagements in the Ypres-Lys offensive the total casualties suffered by the 91st Division were: These do not include casualties in the 53rd Field Artillery Brigade, nor the two French artillery regiments, Escadrille 72 and Observation Balloon 73, which were attached for duty with the Division during the Ypres-Lys.Only 41 prisoners were captured, of whom one was a commissioned officer. No casualties were suffered from either. Troops were informed that by orders from Marshal Foch hostilities would cease along the front at 11; the line of outposts reached at that hour would be held. The insignia recommended was a fir tree of green cloth, inscribed within a triangle with base of two inches and altitude two inches. They represent justice and righteousness. N.C.S QMC APARRI CAGAYAN-DET FIN DEPT CHANUTE FLD. The 361st, having taken the Bois de Cierges, gained contact on its left with the 364th; but its right was in the air, the left regiment of the 37th Division being still south of the Bois Emont, although it had been reported that the 37th had taken Cierges at noon that day. Most of the billets were without heat or light, and the nights were long. Troops were warned at 20 oclock (8 p. M.) to be ready for advance on the morning of October 3. The 181st Brigade was directed to advance toward Gesnes, and the 182nd Brigade, as soon as its right was covered by the 181st Brigade, to advance across the the Exermont-Gesnes road toward the American Army objective. 2ND BN 1ST FA HQ & HQ BTRY- BTRY E 1ST FA REGT, 1ST FA REGTDET RECRUIT FT MCDOWELL CALIF- BN HQ& HQ BTRY 2ND FA REGT, 2ND FA REGT HQ & HQ BTRY-BTRY A 2ND FA REGT. Arms and colors were presented to the remains of the old Emperor. During the stay in the La Ferte Bernard area, about January 1 to April 1, five hours daily were devoted to drill. Since the very beginning of the war this stretch of country been the scene of hard fighting. She did not, however, reach the United States, as she sank off Fire Island Light, near New York, following an explosion, attributed at the time to a mine or a torpedo. Thus, if the remainder of the infantry, 91st Division moved forward to join the advance elements at the American Army objective, there would remain insufficient support for the reamainder fo the 58th Field Artillery Brigade, still in the ravine south of Epionville, and the line of communication through Epionville and Very might be cut by German forces on our left, driving the 70th Brigade to Baulny, and the German forces in Bois Emont and Cierges on our right, which had repulsed and driven back the 74th Brigade, 37th Division. to the right, covered the southern half of the Division sector and advanced rapidly, endeavoring to get touch with the 363rd Infantry of the other brigade. The 91st Division units were moved straight to the rear after being relieved, leaving the roads and trails at the disposal of the 32nd Division. : 191st regiment ohio volunteer infantry. MARCH TOWARDS RHINE RETURN TO DUN ERIQUE IN FRANCE AGAIN COMMENDATION BY COMMANDER IN- CHIEF DIVISION NAME AND EMBLEM DEMOBILIZATIONON. The advance echelon from Division Headquarters readied Dunkerque on October 18 and 19. AIR SEC FLYING SCH-DET MED DEPT, ARMY VET. The two infantry battalions, with machine gun companies attached, were stationed between the two infantry brigades, ready to support either. It may roughly be divided into three parts: On the west the great Argonne Forest; then the open valley of the Aire a tributary of the Aisne, which, at this point, runs nearly parallel to it; lastly the strip of country between the Aire and the Meuse, approximately equal in width to the other two. It went forward grimly, nevertheless, passed across the open field, and in spite of large casualties reached Gesnes and drove out the enemy, one battalion of the 362nd reaching Hill 255. The 316th Field Signal Battalion was organized by Major, now Lieut. During the day, while the 364th had been pushing to the north, the 363rd had been drawn more and more into a northwesterly course, into the zone of the 35th Division. It required twelve days for the convoy to cross the Atlantic, owing to the circuitous and zigzag course taken to baffle the submarines. No one in the Division was informed of the route to be followed, or as to the point of destination, except that Dunkerque was to be the regulating station for the Division after arrival in Belgium. Three officers had been sent ahead to La Ferte Bernard area to select billets, establish signal corps communication and receive replacements of the Division, which began to arrive in the La Ferte Bernard area one month before the Division was able to obtain trains. During the morning the elements which had not been relieved remained at their posts until relieved, notwithstanding they knew they should have been relieved at midnight. This accomplished, the attack of the 364th and 363rd pressed on, took the Bois de Baulny, Tronsol Farm and the slope north of the latter. It was very short of company officers, most companies of infantry having not more than two officers per company, although sixty second lieutenants recently commissioned after graduation from corps schools had joined the Division after it left the Meuse-Argonne. On November 24, 1917, General Greene and the Chief of Staff left Camp Lewis for France to study the actual conditions with which the Division would be called upon to cope. At that time, the 41st Division held its left flank near Steenbrugge and its right flank west of the hill Anseghem, which was still held by the Germans. With the first wave went engineers to throw bridges over the Buanthe creek. The Regiment was relieved by the 363rd Infantry Regiment, the 3 Bns. During this advance Colonel W. D. Davis, 361st Infantry, and Captain Hughes, commanding the leading battalion of the 361st, were killed by shrapnel near the village of Mooreghem on the line of observation which had been ordered occupied by the Corps Commander. While the American staff was carefully checking up the roster of enemy divisions in line and in reserve and was perfecting the details of its own attack, the Germans were likewise preparing for defense and attempting to gain some inkling as to the direction and force of the blow which they felt was coming. The headquarters of each unit, with men whose residences were in the neighborhood, were sent either Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming; Camp Lewis, Washington; Camp Kearny, California; or Presidio of San Francisco. At the end of three days the St.-Mihiel salient had been obliterated from the war maps and there was no further need for holding the Division in reserve. But the soldiers of France, of Charlemagnes France, weakened by the loss of territory, but still strong, thanks to the valor of her children were ready. Most of the time in Camp Merritt was devoted to outfitting the men and giving them their final physical inspections. Late in June the troops began entraining. During the night of October 10-11 the 181st Brigade remained about 400 meters south of the crest of Hill 288. DET FIN DEPTFT WM MC KINLEY-ROTC SIGNAL CORPS. The Division left the area of the First Army with less than 15,000 of its own men and about 3,500 replacements. The 91st Division, as far back as Seneux Farm, was exposed to attack from the west, and as far back as the southern edge of Bois Emont, to attack from the east. At that hour the 182nd Brigade had pushed forward in advance of the first objective and occupied a line from the vicinity of Nokere, which was occupied by the 128th French Division to the northeast corner of Spitaals. On their trip across the continent, the soldiers from the Far West had an excellent opportunity to acquaint themselves with the patriotic unity which ultimately was to bring about the defeat of Germany. A Distinguished Service Cross was awarded later and delivered to his widow. Before the Division advanced to participate with the French Army of Belgium, forty-one American ambulances bad been driven by a part of our Sanitary Train from Marseilles, thus replacing the small Ford ambulances which had been assigned to the Division during the Meuse-Argonne. CO B - CO A 31TH ENGRS TOP, 31ST ENGR REGT CO B - DET MED DEPT 33RD ENGRS REGT, 33RD ENGR REGT DET RAD DEPT - CO F 34TH ENGRS, 35TH ENGR REGT CO G - SAN DET 39TH ENGR REGT, 39TH ENGR REGT CO A - DET CO C 43RD ENGR REGT, 43TH ENGR REGT CO D - CO B 55TH ENGR REGT, 55TH ENGR REGT CO B - TEMP SEARCHLIGHT DEPOT 56TH ENGR REGT, 57TH ENGR REGT MED & SAN DET - CO C 70TH ENGR REGT, 71ST ENGR REGT HQ - DET 101ST ENGR REGT LANGRES FRANCE, 101ST ENGR REGT BAGGAGE DETAIL - CO C 103RD ENGR REGT, 103RD ENGR REGT CO C - CO A 105TH ENGR REGT CP JACKSON SC, 105TH ENGR REGT CO B - CO D 106TH ENGR REGT, 106TH ENGR REGT CO D - ORD DET 108TH ENGR REGT CP GRANT ILL, 108TH ENGR REGT CO A - CO D 109TH ENGR REGT, 109TH ENGR REGT CO D - CO B 111TH ENGR REGT CP BOWIE TEXAS, 111TH ENGR REGT CO B - CO E 112TH ENGR REGT, 112TH ENGR REGT CO E - CO C 114TH ENGR REGT, 114TH ENGR REGT CO D - DETS 115TH ENGR REGT, 117TH ENGR REGT HQ 1ST BN - 117TH ENGR REGT OVERSEAAS CAS DET, 118TH ENGR REGT HQ CO - CO C 130TH ENGR REGT, GUECELARD DET 131ST ENGR REGT - CO B 219TH ENGR REGT, 219TH ENGR REGT CO C - CO C 302ND ENGR REGT, 302ND ENGR REGT CO D - CO F 303RD ENGR REGT, 303RD ENGR REGT CO F - CO C 305TH ENGR REGT, 305TH ENGR REGT CO D - HQ CO 307TH ENGR REGT, 307TH ENGR REGT MED & SAN DETS - CO D 308TH ENGR REGT, 308TH ENGR REGT CO D - CO F 309TH ENGR REGT, 309TH ENGR REGT CO F - CO D 311TH ENGR REGT, 311TH ENGR REGT CO D - CO A 313TH ENGR REGT, 313TH ENGR REGT CO A - CO B 315TH ENGR REGT, 315TH ENGR REGT CO B - CO E 316TH ENGR REGT, 316TH ENGR REGT CO F - CO E 318TH ENGR REGT, 318TH ENGR REGT CO E - DEPOT DET 413TH ENGR REGT CP ZACHARY TAYLOR KE, 143TH ENGR REGT DEPOT DET CAMP ZACHARY TAYLOR KY - MOTORCYCLE CO 463RD TRK CO EMTS, 464TH ENGR REGT PONTOON TR - MED DET 502ND ENGR SV BN BASE HOSP #8, 502TH ENGR REGT SV BN -CO B 504TH ENGR BN, 504TH ENGR REGT SV BN CO C-DET MED DEPT CO A 507TH ENGR BN, 507TH ENGR REGT SV BN CO A-CO A 510TH ENGR BN, 510TH ENGR REGT SV BN CO A-CO D 512TH ENGR BN, 512TH ENGR CO D-DET 4TH CASUAL CO 514TH ENGR BN, 524TH ENGR SV BN CO C- CO C 528TH ENGR SV BN, 528TH ENGR SV BN CO D- CO C 532ND ENGR SV BN, 532ND ENGR SV BN CO D- CO A 536TH ENGR SV BN, 536TH ENGR SV BN CO B- CO A 542ND ENGR SV BN, 542ND ENGR SV BN CO B- CO C 601ST ENGR BN, 606TH ENGR REGT CO E - CO G 1ST REPL REGT ENGR BN, 1ST REPL REGT ENGR BN CO H-CO A 3RD ENGR TNG REGT, 3RD ENGINEER TR REGT CO A-CO D 4TH ENGR TR REGT, 4TH ENGINEER TR REGT CO D-CO 1ST ENGR NATL ARMY REDES 11TH ENGRS, 1ST ENGINEER NATL ARMY REDES-2ND ENGR TRN, 3RD ENGINEER BN CO I- CO C 3RD PROV ENGR BN MP, 3RD ENGINEER BN MP DET- CASUAL CO #3 ENGR, CASUAL CO #5-6 DIV ENGRS- ENGRS RETL DET #1 MED DEPT, ENGINEER DET UNASGD FT HAMILTON -CO A 3RD QM REGT, 58TH QM REGIMENT CO B-CO 1&4BS 1 MED DET 301ST STEVEDORE REGT. History Of The Buna Campaign Part1. GEORGE H. CAMERON,Major General, Commanding. Officers and men set themselves to the task ahead of them with unbounded enthusiasm. This man proved to belong 157th Regiment of the 117th Division. On the right the advance of the 32nd Division through the Bois Emont protected the 91st from machine gun and snipers fire, but all parts of the areas were subjected nearly all day to heavy artillery fire. Weeks was relieved by Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Mudgett, 364th Infantry, before the attack. 344TH FIELD ARTILLERY HQ CO-DET OF PNTS 345TH FA . HQ CO PACIFIC SECTOR-HQ MIL POLICE CO PANAMA, DET MED CORPS DORD-DET QM CORPS PIG POINT. The gist of them was that the front line should be abandoned, that the Hagen Stellung, or intermediate position, should become the first line of resistance, and that the artillery should be disposed in greater depth and so placed as to form the backbone of the defense of the Volker Stellung. These dispositions, however, were ordered so late that our attack struck the enemy in process of carrying them out; the Hagen Stelung was not thoroughly manned, the roads to the rear were crowded with traffic; and, worst of all, the artillery was not soon enough in place to lend any effective support to the infantry before the afternoon of the 27th. This is proved by the following order of the 1st Guard Regiment of that date: A strong enemy attack in the direction of Metz is expected tomorrow, September 25. On January 27 the Commander-in-Chief inspected and reviewed the Division in a field near the village of Belleme. Uploaded by 19TH COMP 5TH BN P.S.-23TH CO 6TH BN P.S. About 18 oclock (6 P. M.) twenty-eight German bombing planes made a raid on the Division Headquarters, 58th Artillery Brigade and some engineers in the ravine between Epinonville and Very. On September 24 the idea that our blow would be farther to the east still held. The 91st Division would resume its attack at 6:30 oclock. 2. Colonel Endicott, had been ordered to move forward and cross No-mans-land near Pont des 4 Enfants, where engineers had built a small bridge over which machine gun carts could pass. ANTI AIRCRAFT ARTY SCH FT DESTAINS FR-HQ DET 2ND CORP0S AERO SCH. One further point must be noted, namely, that the Germans did not expect the attack to pass trough the dense Bois de Cheppy and had therefore concentrated their attention on the defense of the open country of the Aire Valley and the northeastwardly running Ruisseau de Chambronne. Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental Histories -- United States, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). The nature of the terrain could not be surpassed for training troops in the open warfare in which they were to participate later. The motherly gray-haired old Woman standing in front of her little cottage on the broad prairie of Montana, alternately waving a flag and brushing away the tears she could not restrain, contributed as much to this feeling as did the impromptu receptions tendered the men in the great cities through which they passed. BN CO C, 308TH F FIELD SIG BN CO C-312TH FLD SIG BN DET, 313TH FIELD SIG BN HQ C-316TH FLD SIG BN CO B, 316TH FIELD SIG BN CO C-321ST FLD SIG BN CO B, 321ST FIELD SIG BN CO C-325TH FLD SIG BN DETS, 325TH FIELD SIG BN CP DETS-7TH TELEG BN CO E, 407TH TELEG BN S.C. CO E-CO E 413TH TELEG BN, SIGNAL CORPS DEPOT CO H-FLD CO I SIG CORPS, DET DEPOT CO L SIG CORPS SAN FRAN-CO M SIG CORPS USAT, USAT SIGNAL CORPS CO M-DET 2 SV SIG CORPS USAT, 3RD SERVICE SIGNAL CORPS-CAS DET 4TH SV SIG CORPS USAT, 4TH SERVICE SIGNAL CORPS-DET 5TH SV SIG CORPS, 5TH SERVICE SIGNAL CORPS-DET 6TH SV SIG CORPS. The 181st Brigade attacked the strong ridge on which Epinonville was located with the 362nd Infantry on the right of the 361st. From the number of prisoners captured and from the fact that it was soonest reinforced, it would appear that our blow fell most heavily upon the 1st Guard Regiment, for by the late afternoon of the 26th our left, south of Eclisfontaine, was encountering elements of two new regiments (20th Infantry and 3rd Grenadier) of the 5th Guard Division. These sixteen men whose names have not been procured may possibly, after recovering from wounds and rejoining other divisions, have been captured.
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