Detachments of military police were on duty with each Brigade Headquarters to be used for conducting prisoners to the rear. The men had been fighting steadily for three days, had had no blankets to protect them from the cold September nights, and because of their rapid advance it had been impossible to serve them any hot food since before the jump-dff. This officially closed the Division in North Africa, and General Livesay wired the Commanding General of the North African Theater of Operations: "last elements of the 91st Division closed in Theater 10 May 1944, End." In order to conceal the fact that many American divisions were forming up in the woods north of the Verdun-Clermont highway, American troops were required to remain on the line of resistance about 800 meters south of the line of surveillance occupied by the French. Division Headquarters were at first sent to Presidio of San Francisco. Some additional equipment was received, but the wants of the 181st Infantry Brigade could not be ascertained as they were still three days march from Contrisson. Several thousand men were drawn from the Division and sent East as replacement troops. The Division remained at Camp Merritt until July 5. 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. These companies were raised under an order from the Secretary of War, April 9, 1862, to Major John J. McMahon. The vigor with which this work was accomplished and the speed with which the trains followed up over the extemporized road, full of shell craters and mud holes, played an extremely important part in allowing the Division to continue its successful drive of the first day. In spite of these things, our leading elements crossed the woods and arrived at the German positions at La Neuve Grange Farm and along the Ravin de Lai Fuon. The dividing line between the brigade zones of action followed the southern edge of Spitaals Bosschen and thence in a generally southeastern direction to the northern outskirts of Audenarde. This information indicated strongly that we should meet these two divisions on D day, for it seemed very unlikely that units which had come into line so recently would be themselves relieved prior to our attack. Before this message reached Division Headquarters at Chateau-Stuivenberghe orders were received from the Seventh Corps Headquarters that, because other corps to the north were not yet ready to cross the line of the Scheldt, further advance would be suspended, the 9lst Division withdrawn to billets west of the Spitaals Bosschen, and the 41st Division, by extending its front toward its left, would cover the front then occupied by the 91st Division, namely, the city of Audenarde and the line of the river as far as Eyne. MARCH TOWARDS RHINE RETURN TO DUN ERIQUE IN FRANCE AGAIN COMMENDATION BY COMMANDER IN- CHIEF DIVISION NAME AND EMBLEM DEMOBILIZATIONON. The Division was assigned as part of the reserve of the First American Army in the contemplated reduction of the St.-Mihiel salient, which opened five days later. The Division detrained at four detraining points and was bivouacked the 18th and 19th of October in the devastated district about Ypres. 1 box (281 photographs) The 91st Infantry Division Association photograph collection contains photos regarding the 91st Infantry Division's service in Italy during World War II. 41ST FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY B- BTRY C 57TH FA REGT, 57TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY D-68TH FA REGT BTRY B, 68TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY B-76TH FA HQ BTRY. One platoon of 75s was attached to each infantry first-line battalion as accompanying guns. All the artillery prepared the attack by firing on all sensitive points at 5:25 a.m. After H hour, which was 5:30 a.m., Groups A and B were to protect the advance of their respective infantry brigades by a rolling barrage, beginning 300 meters in front of the leading infantry elements. The two infantry battalions with machine gun companies attached which had served as Division reserve were returned to their brigades, so that each regiment might attack in column of three battalions. Colonel, Arthur W. Hanson; and Major, now Lieut. Many casualties were suffered. These French artillery units were relieved gradually during the nights of September 20-25, and other heavy French. The terrain to the west of the second objective is rolling and sparsely wooded. While the Division was billeted in the Audenhove-Ste. The 91st Division was ordered to assemble as corps reserve at Bois de Very and Bois de Cheppy, south of the Cheppy-Montfaucon road. 342ND FIELD ARTILLERYBTRY D-BTRY F 343RD FA . Your membership lasts for one year. 10TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT HQ BTRY- BATRY A 10TH FA REGT . 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. TIENTSIN CHINA-RCT CASUAL DET VAN COUVER. The great nation to which they belong can be proud of them. THE QNC SCH SCHUYLKILL ARSENAL PA-SIG SCH DET FT MONMOUTH NJ. 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. On January 27 the Commander-in-Chief inspected and reviewed the Division in a field near the village of Belleme. Late in June the troops began entraining. 2d, BN., 1st Infantry Regiment, Camp Jackson, S.C., 12.31.1939, 373rd-384th-1st Pioneer Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Field Machine Gun Troop, 7th Cavalry, Regt DET-8th Cavalry HQ Troop. On December 28 removal by rail from Rousbragge and Rexpoede was commenced. 63rd Infantry Division Campaigns during World War II. It killed one orderly and wounded First Lieutenant A. S. MacDonnel, aide, and one enlisted man. On September 24 orders were issued and the last preparations made for going into the line. There were attached also to the Division twenty-five men of the French cavalry. Your membership fee will automatically be charged to a credit card or PayPal account every year. On the heights between the Lys and the Escaut the enemy was to hold to the death. The American troops belonging to these divisions, acting with the French Divisions of the Flanders Army Group, smashed them in October 31, 1918, and after hard fighting threw them back upon the Escaut. 163commissary troops.Armierung Battalion No. Between October 19 and 20 a large number of men and some officers who had been wounded in the Meuse-Argonne were either forwarded by orders to Dunkerque by rail or escaped from hospitals in rear of the Argonne and reached Dunkerque. As the 181st Brigade had fought its way to open ground and could see the German positions near Epinonville, about 2,000 yards north, the Brigade Commander attacked, although the battalion of artillery which was ready to support him was diverted and thus did not fire. The following are the approximate quantities of hostile material taken by the 91st Division during the Meuse-Argonne: ON arrival at the Nettancourt area (Division Headquarters at Contrisson) 7 officers and about 4,000 men from the 85th Division joined as replacements. Orders were issued, and the Division prepared to attack at daylight November 11. Officers and men belonging to such units whose homes were beyond the fixed limit were sent to other camps. It was checked at the road Tronsol Farm-Grange aux Bois Farm by fire from the latter place. Never during the war had an essential German line been so seriously threatened; and its threatened severance was the controlling cause of the retirement and request for an armistice. The Division reserve, consisting of the 346th Machine Gun Battalion and one battalion of 363rd Infantry, were to stand in readiness near Oycke. On June 19 the advance part left Camp Lewis. The Fifth Corps formed with the 91st, 37th and 79th Divisions in the front line, from left to right, and the 32nd Division, part of which had just returned from the Paris group of armies, as corps reserve. The mopping-up detachment, after severe fighting, forced its way through Spitaals Bosschen was able to occupy the eastern edge thereof by 18 oclock. On November 2 the French Army and Corps Commanders visited Division P. C. at Chateau Stuivenberghe and asked if the Division Commander was not discouraged by his heavy losses. The Group of Armies in Flanders was dissolved. The division was first organized in October 1918, during the U.S. mobilization for World War I. 1ST ALABAMA INF SUPPLY CO -CO G 2ND INF REGT ALA NG, 2ND ALABAMA INF NG CO G -CO I 4TH ALA INF REGT, 2ND INF ARK NG CO L - BTRY A 1ST FA CALIFNG, BTRY B 1ST BA FA CALIF NG - CO I 2ND INF CALIF NG, 2ND INF CALIF NG CO K - CO B 7TH CALIF NG, 7TH INF CALIF NG CO C - TRP A 1ST CAV COLO NG, 1ST CAV COLO NG TRP A - CO B 1ST SEP BN INF COLO NG, 1ST SEP BN INF COLO NG CO B - BTRY E 10TH F CONN NG, 10TH FIELD ART CONN NG BTRY E - SAN DET 2ND INF CONN NG, 2ND INF REGT CONN NG DET 28 - 2ND INF CONN NG, 2ND INF REGT CONN NG DET - 3RD INF D.C. NG, 3RD INF REGT D.C NG DET - CO L 3RD INF D.C. NG, 3RD INF REGT D.C NG CO M - MACH GUN CO 2ND INF FLA NG, 2ND INF REGT FLA NG CO A - TRP B 1ST CAV GA NG, 1ST SQ CAV GA NG TRP E - CO A 1ST INF GA NG, 5TH INF REGT GA NG CO D - CO B 2ND REGT IDAH NG, 2ND INF IDA REGT NG CO B - TRP L 1ST CAV ILL NG, 1ST CAV ILL NG TRP M - SUPPLY CO 1ST INF ILL NG, 2ND INF ILL NG DET - SUPPLY CO 4TH INF ILL NG, 4TH INF ILL NG CO A - SAN DET 6TH INF ILL NG, 6TH INF ILL NG HQ AND SAN - DET 7TH INF ILL NG, 7TH INF REGT ILL NG - DET 9TH INF REGT ILL NG, 2ND INF REGT IND CO L- INDIV OFF ROLLS IND NG, 1ST INF REGT IOWA NG HQ FIELD STAFF- CO D 1ST TNF IOWA NG, 1ST INF REGT IOWA NG HQ CO D- HQ CO 2ND TNF IOWA NG, 2ND INF REGT IOWA NG - CO C 3RD TNF IOWA NG, 3RD INF REGT IOWA NG - TRP A 1ST CAV KANAS NG, 1ST CAV KANSAS NG - HQ CO 2ND INF KANAS NG, 2ND INF KANSAS NG HQ CO - CO C 3RD INF KANAS NG, 3RD INF KANSAS NG - CO I 1ST INF KENTUCKY NG, 1ST INF KENTUCKY NG CO I - DET CO K 2ND KENTUCKY NG, 2ND INF KENTUCKY NG CO K - CO B SIGNAL CORPS KY NG, KENTUCKY NG CO B SIGNAL CORPS -CO C 1ST INF LA NG, 1ST INF REGT LA NG CO D -CO A 2ND INF MAINE NG, 4TH INF MARYLAND NG CO E - CO G 5TH INF MD NG, TROOP A CAV MARYLAND NG - CO D 4TH INF MD NG, 5TH INF MARYLAND NG CO G - SAN DET 1ST F.A.MASS NG, 1ST FA REGT MASS NG SUPPLY CO - CO C 2ND INF MASS NG, 2ND INF MASS NG CO C - CO H 5TH INF MASS NG, 6TH INF MASS NG - MACHINE GUN CO 9TH INF MASS NG, 9TH INF MASS NG SUPPLY CO - FIELD HOSP CO NG, FIELD HOSPITAL CO 2 IND - ORGANIZED MILITIA 31ST MICH, 32ND INF MICH NG SAN DET - 32ND INF MICH NG, 33RD INF MICH NG FIELD STAFF - CO G 33RD INF MICH NG, 33RD INF MICH NG CO H8 - BTRY B 1ST FA MINN, 1ST FA MINN BTRY B - DET CO I 1ST INF MINN, 2ND INF MINN NG CO M - MACH GUN CO 1ST INF MISS NG, 1ST INF REGT MISS NG SUPPLY CO - CO C 2ND INF REGT MISS NG, 2ND INF MISS NG CO D - CO A 1ST INF MO NG, 1ST INF MO NG CO A - SUPPLY CO 2ND INF MO NG, 2ND INF REGT MO NG - CO I 3RD INF REGT MO NG, 3RD INF REGT MO CO I- CO M 4TH INF REGT MO NG, 4TH INF REGT MO NG DET REGTL- CO C 2ND INF REGT MONT NG, 2ND INF REGT MONT NG CO C- CO D 4TH INF NEBR NG, 4TH INF REGT NEBR NG CO D- CO K 5TH INF NEBR NG, 5TH INF NEBR NG CO L- CO B 1ST INF N.H. NG, 1ST INFN.H. On October 29 orders were received from Major General Massenet, commanding the Seventh French Corps, to relieve the 164th Division (French), then near the Lys River, by sending one battalion of infantry that night to relieve the leading units of the French, and by sending field artillery forward to the Lys River with orders for their officers to reconnoiter the ground west of the front of the French Army in order to, locate positions for the artillery. A Company B Company C Company D Company 383rd Infantry Regiment Newspaper. The Division Commander directed that the 361st cover the line of surveillance in front of its brigade, and the 363rd the line of surveillance in front of its brigade. This happened about half an hour after a squadron of Allied planes had passed over Division Headquarters moving toward the Argonne Forest. Pressed back at first by sheer weight of men and metal, the French doggedly held fast in the F6ret de Hesse and across the slopes of 304 and the Mort Homme. The German troops, watched by the Crown Prince from his observatory on Montfaucon, made less and less progress as the days went by. The 181st Brigade attacked the strong ridge on which Epinonville was located with the 362nd Infantry on the right of the 361st. By afternoon of that date the units had been assembled in the woods designated above. Information from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army. The withdrawal, when required, of the German forces was to be a vast pivoting movement based on Metz, having as its object a very considerable shortening of the front. The retaliatory fire by German batteries passed over the heads of our leading regiments. The detachment of the 37th Division which had crossed the Scheldt River and established a bridgehead was also withdrawn and that division sent back to billets. The staff was located in dugouts on the southern slope of the hill. Lieutenant Colonel Mudgett, commanding the 364th was severely wounded about noon, Major Gregory succeeding to command. 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. By command of Major General Johnston:HENRY C. JEWETTColonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff.Official:(Signed) D. J. COMAN, Major, A. G., Adjutant. It was arranged in four groups; One under Lieut. He served as such for a short time only, being relieved from duty with the Division and transferred to Camp Greene, N. C. Brigadier General Frederick S. Foltz succeeded him, having command of the Division until the return of General Greene in March, 1918. It was necessary also to order some of them to watch the Flemish windmills, as the Corps Commander reported some of these were used by Flemish citizens to communicate with the Germans. As it was necessary for officers proceeding by motor transportation to follow the trains through various regulating stations, it required two days for any automobile to reach Dunkerque in order to ascertain where the Division was to be detrained. The 91st proceeded by marching from Gondrecourt to the vicinity of Void, Pagny-sur-Meuse and Sorcy-sur-Meuse, and P. C. was established in Sorcy on September 11. 23RD BOMB SQ 5TH COMPOSITE LUKE FLD- 28TH BOMB SQ NICHOLAS FLD R.I. 28TH BOMB SQ AC NICHOLS FLD P.I- 22ND BOMB SQ 119TH BOMP GP LUKE FLD T.H, 72ND BOMB SQ AC LUKE FLD T.H- 10 CADET SQ CP DICK TEXAS, 11TH CADET SQ CP DICK TEXAS- 2ND OBSERVATION SQ AC, 2ND OBSERVATION SQ AC FT MILLS P.I. This detachment was then reinforced by one battalion of the 364th Infantry from the Division reserve and by the 37 mm guns of the 364th Infantry and by two batteries of 75s. Each night our patrols heard sounds of digging along the hostile outposts and each day air reports indicated new emplacements and deepened trenches. Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. All of these were to remain three months, pursuing educational courses and returning after the Division. The 63rd Virginia Infantry Regiment was a Confederate regiment during the American Civil War . . The leading battalion of the 363rd Infantry had almost reached the first objective, while the 362nd was still suffering heavy losses from Germans in front of the 41st Division. The men who landed at British ports went to English rest camps. The Coat of Arms and Distinctive Unit Insignia was originally approved for the 363d Regiment Infantry on 10 February 1927. Division P. C. with telephone switchboard was then moved to a cellar under a ruined building in Epinonville, which had since the 29th been used as Headquarters, 58th Artillery Brigade. Crossing the Scheldt River, on November 10 and 11, the Division was in pursuit of the enemy when the armistice ended hostilities. never hesitated to attack the most formidable of the enemys defenses in Belgium; and since its members are now ready, either to return to the United States and resume the pursuits of peace, or to continue their service wherever ordered by the Commander-in-Chief, the phrase Always Ready is adopted as the divisional motto. It was learned that the Germans had destroyed bridges over the three canals which the Scheldt River forms around and through Audenarde. That afternoon General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces and personally commanding the First American Army, visited the P. C. at Cote 290. The 91st Division believed that the fighting up to that point had been only preliminary and that the real fight would come on forcing the Scheldt River. It clears up the Forest of Argonne, and advances to the American Army objective in conjunction with the Fifth Army Corps. In other words, the Third Army Corps was to swing as a gate, pivoting with its right flank on the Meuse toward the east. 322ND FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY B-BTRY B 324TH FA REGT. Instead of a scant two kilometers (the width of the division sector just north of Gesnes) which the 91st would have been responsible for if its neighbors had been abreast of it, the line ran from the middle of the east edge of the Bois de Cierges through Grange aux Bois Farm, up to and around Gesnes, across the south tip of the Bois de la Morine, south around Tronsol Farm, across the Ravine de la Mayche and again south south as far as Serieux Farm, a total distance of eight kilometers. This fire was accurate and persistent and was almost constantly regulated by low-flying enemy planes. This recurring payment can be stopped at the end of any membership year. The 63rd Infantry Division ("Blood and Fire" [1]) was an infantry division of the United States Army that fought in Europe during World War II. HQ DET 1ST ARMY ORSN-FIN DET WRIGHT FIELD, HQ WRIGHT FIELD-POST N.C.S. DET FIN DEPT FT MONMOUTH-ROTC DET COLETHORPE. 2ND BN TRENCH MORTAR BTRY C- BTRY CAC 8TH T.M, 9TH TRENCH MORTAR CAC- BTRY 59TH 111TH T.M. After relief, the brigade marched to rejoin the remainder of the Division via Dombasle (morning of October 13), Ippecourt (October 14), Lamermont Farm (October 15), Revigny (October 16). FINANCE DET FT BROWN-POST N.C. STAFF, FT DADE. 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. 2. 15TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY B-16 FA SUPPLY CO. 17TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY E-18TH FA BTRY A, 18TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY C-BTRY F 18TH FA REGT. At 4 oclock the 64th Brigade reported that all units of the 91st Division had been relieved. They then moved on the Cheppy-Very road to Very. 128 electric power company.Wirtschaft Co. No. Meanwhile, each organization was training replacements, issuing clothing and renewing ammunition supplies. 329TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY F-HQ CO 332ND FA REGT. These things will help the reader to understand of the events which happened during the next few days. It is useless to try to describe that bombardment; those who lay under it during the hours before the jump-off will never forget it. 57-sound and flash ranging.Sachrichten Abteilung No. Some of the men serving the kitchens were killed and wounded, and some men going to the kitchens for hot coffee were wounded, but the kitchens remained in the woods until the withdrawal on the morning of October 4. The Commanding General, 1st Division, wishes me to express to you and to the officers and men of your command his appreciation and the appreciation of this division for the services rendered by the 181st Infantry Brigade while attached to the 1st Division during the operations between the Argonne and the Meuse, October, 1918. Its morale, according to all available information, was excellent. The Division sailed from St. Nazaire between March 19 and April 6. Weeks was relieved by Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Mudgett, 364th Infantry, before the attack. During the night bf October 9-10 the concrete blockhouse on the northern slope of Hill 255 continued to harass the troops. ORD ARMAMENT SCH-PHOTOGRAPHIC DET TECH SCH. 391.5.3 Records of infantry regiments raised for the Mexican War. 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. FINANCE DET FT BARRANCAS-DET FINANCE DEPT FT BROWN TEX. The 2nd Battalion, 361st, followed the 362nd. W. D. Davis, 361st Infantry, who had been wounded on September 28, still insisted on retaining command of his regiment and was coolly stationing his units on the line of surveillance with his arm in a sling. Although the net result in ground lost and won was small, these hand-to-hand battles in the ravines, underbrush and tangled trenches of the Argonne were not surpassed during the whole war for intensity of fighting. The crest was seized and held at 16 oclock. Since this Division was ready to participate in the St.-Mihiel Salient operation while standing in the reserve of the First American Army; since it was ready to attack in the front line of the Fifth Army Corps, from Foret de Hesse, when the Commander-in-Chief launched his attack against the enemys line of communications between the Meuse River and the Argonne Forest; since some of its units were already entraining for Belgium before others, marching from the firing line, had reached the railroad; since its units. The Division fell back to the billets assigned, remaining in those billets from the afternoon of the 4th until the 8th, renewing ammunition and rations, giving the men baths in certain delousing establishments formerly used by the Germans and preparing for further attack. Orders were then sent to prevent the 361st and 364th advances, and to elements farther ahead to hold their positions. The guns of the 348th Machine Gun Battalion, posted south of Transol Farm, instantly caught and broke up this gathering and a counter-attack by our engineers temporarily assured the safety of the flank. Airplanes and dirigibles preceded the troopships, scanning the sea for miles for the enemy under-water craft then Operating along the American coast. Unit Rosters and Unit Photographs; About Us; 255th Infantry regiment 63rd Infantry Division Roster. Back to the 96th Infantry Division. Throughout the morning the 364th pushed forward, the 1st and 2nd Battalions on the left, of the 363rd Infantry, some of its elements overtaking the 363rd near Very. B. Richardson, commanding 1st Battalion of the 364th, was wounded during the afternoon. Divisional Headquarters was established at Montigny-le-Roi. Three days, September 11-13, were spent here, the Division being ready to support the Fourth American Corps or the Second French Colonial Corps. Neither of these detraining points was in the vicinity of any houses. The complete relief of the 181st, however, was not effected until 9 :30 oclock. Incessant drilling, long marches and frequent exercises were the schedule for the entire Division. The line of resistance described above was ordered by the Headquarters, Fifth Corps, for possible defense against a strong force of enemy reported arriving at Exermont. On the afternoon of Sunday, October 6, order were received for the Division to march to Dombasle and Jouy en Argonne, which places were south of the Fifth Corps Headquarters. The 72nd Aero Squadron (French) rendered excellent service in furnishing the Division Commander information of the location of units and location of targets for our artillery. The 2nd Battalion, 361st Infantry passed beyond the town and up the slopes to the northwest, reaching the army objective behind the battalion of the 362nd. Elements of that brigade moved to the vicinity of Sleyhaege and Vergelderhock on October 21. He died the next day. On the west, elements of the 1st Division advanced with equal brilliancy beyond the positions to which the 35th had retired, and combat liaison was established with the 1st Division near Seneux Farm. As proof of this we have the statement of the man of the 117th, who said that ever since coming into line his regiment had been sending out nightly patrols for the purpose of capturing prisoners in No-mans-land; that these patrols had failed; and that the unsuccessful raid of September 22, in which he was captured, had been launched to discover who lay behind the Allied wire. The 132nd French Division was to be on the left and the 41st French on our right. 80TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT ENL-82ND FA MED DET. The lines, however, were continually cut by shells and had to be patrolled and repaired under heavy fire day and night. Their lines could be seen from the Division Commanders position near the Very crossroads, bravely advancing over open ground under heavy fire until checked at the ridge on which is Epinonville. During the stay in the La Ferte Bernard area, about January 1 to April 1, five hours daily were devoted to drill. POST N.C.S STAFF FT SUMTER-POST HQ DET FT FRANCIS. Rate of advance, 100 meters each four minutes. It was learned during the day that a portion of the British 2nd Army south of the 41st French Division bad forced its way southeast and east of the hill Anseghem, advancing along the road Courtrai-Audenarde. A hostile airplane was brought down by an Allied plane in front of the 364th Infantry. Marie. During the first day, no artillery was able to reach the positions north of Bois de Cheppy in time to assist the infantry advance. Its trenches, and machine gun emplacements alone gave it great strength, but its principal value lay in the fact that it dominated broad stretches of rolling, open country and offered clear fields of fire down long, bare ravines. SIG CORPS NO ROLLS 10464-SIG CORPS NO ROLLS 11799. The members of this Battalion may contemplate with pride, not only their technical service, but their soldierly conduct under fire, and their excellent morale, maintained throughout hostilities and since actual hostilities have ceased. Unknown A strong concrete blockhouse was discovered just to the north of Hill 255. In their return home and to their pursuits in civil life, the Chief Signal Officers wishes that all good fortune may attend yourself and the members of your command. One battalion of the 363rd Infantry, finding the Bois de Cierges, full of gas, moved forward to the ridge north of the Bois de Cierges, and occupied shell holes made by the German counter barrage on the 29th, but had no overhead shelter. 305th AMM TR, 4th Motor TRK-307th AMM TR,2nd caison. Glory to such troops and to such commanders. His ashes will thrill with joy at the touch of the French tricolor, the symbol of the warlike virtues which are his legacy. 7TH FIELD ARTILLERY HQ&HQ BTRY & CT 1ST BN-BTRY B 7TH FA, 7TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT DET REPL BN 3-HQ BTRY BN 8TH FA REGT. It also included observation posts occupied each by one company of French infantry, one at La Cigalerie Butte, on the western edge of the 91st Division zone, and the other on the Cote le Hermont, which was within the sector later occupied by the 37th Division. Before leaving St. Nazaire, at which place Division Headquarters remained from April 1 to 6, the Division Commander received the following letter from Major General G. W. Read, commanding the American Embarkation Center: Headquarters,American Embarkation Center,A. Lieutenant Colonel Endicott took the motorized 346th Machine Gun Battalion to Avocourt, to follow the Avocourt-Very road on the trucks, while the Division Commander and aides led the remainder of the Division reserve to Pont des 4 Enfants, over shell-torn Cheppy Wood, overtaking the 181st Brigade south of the Ravin de Lai Fuon.
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