"Yankee Combat Division: Who are they, how to identify them" - March 9, 1919
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The POST-DISPATCH SUNDAY MAGAZINE [St. Louis, Missouri], MARCH 9, 1919. YANKEE COMBAT DIVISION: WHO THEY ARE, HOW TO IDENTIFY THEM [insignia] 3d DIVISION: Made up from Regular Army. (Division Headquarters arrived in France April 4, 1918.) [insignia] 26th DIVISION: Made up of National Guard of New England. (Arrived in France [December 5, 1917].) [insignia] 32d DIVISION: Made up of National Guard of Michigan and Wisconsin. (Arrived in France [February 29, 1918].) [insignia] 37th DIVISION: Made up of National Guard of Ohio. (Arrived in France June 23, 1918.) [insignia] 88th DIVISION: Made up of National Army of North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. (Arrived in France [August 16, 1918].) [insignia] 89th DIVISION: Made up of soldiers from Missouri and Kansas. (Arrived in France June 21, 1918.) 4th DIVISION: Made up from Regular Army (Arrived in France May 17, 1918.) [insignia] 27th DIVISION: Made up of National Army of New York City. (Arrived in France April 13, 1918.) [insignia] 33d DIVISION: Made up of National Guard of Illinois and West Virginia. (Arrived in France May 24, 1918.) 42nd DIVISION: Made up from National Guard of 26 States and District of Columbia. (Arrived in France [November 1, 1917].) [insignia] 82d DIVISION: National Army of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. (Arrived in France May 17, 1918.) [insignia] 35th DIVISION: Made up of the National Guard of Missouri and Kansas. (Arrived in France May 11, 1918.) [insignia] 5th DIVISION: Regular Army (Arrived in France May 1, 1918.) [insignia] 1st DIVISION: Made up from Regular Army (Arrived in France Jun 27, 1917.) [insignia] 34th DIVISION: National Guard of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and North Dakota. [insignia] 90th DIVISION: National Army of Texas and Oklahoma. (Arrived in France June 23, 1918.) [insignia] 28th DIVISION: Pennsylvania National Guard (Arrived in France May 18, 1918.) [insignia] 77th DIVISION. National Army of New York City. (Arrived in France April 13, 1918.) [insignia] 31st DIVISION: Made up of troops from Alabama, Georgia, Florida Initials mean
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| Title | "Yankee Combat Division: Who are they, how to identify them" - March 9, 1919 |
| Creator | St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday Magazine |
| Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday Magazine. "Yankee Combat Division: Who are they, how to identify them". 9 March 1919. Bates County Historical Society and Museum World War I Collection. Bates County Historical Society, Butler, Missouri. |
| Description | This newspaper article entitled "Yankee Combat Division: Who are they, how to identify them," depicts each divisional insignia with a caption containg a brief description of soldier composition and arrival in France. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Division, 1st; United States. Army. Division, 2nd; United States. Army. Division, 3rd; United States. Army. Division, 4th; United States. Army. Division, 5th; United States. Army. Division, 6th; United States. Army. Infantry Division, |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Contributing Institution | Bates County Historical Society and Museum |
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| Date Original | March 9, 1919 |
| Language | English |