WWI US ARMY YARD LONG PHOTO LOT 3RD DIV. PLUS WW1

Grouping of two yard long photos to include 1) WWI framed Yard Long photograph of the Supply Office Depot Brigade 158th at Camp Sherman Ohio having several verticals in the background. Camp Sherman, named after Union Army General and Ohio native William Tecumseh Sherman, was the third largest military training camp in the country with over 2,000 buildings on its campus, earning the nickname “Ohio’s Soldier Factory.” The camp could house 40,000 men and 12,000 horses or mules. By the end of the war, more than 120,000 troops were trained at Camp Sherman, including four divisions, the 83rd, 84th, 95th, and 96th, as well as units of the 92nd Buffalo Division. After the war, Camp Sherman temporarily served as a trade school and hospital for veterans, but the camp was demolished in the 1920s. 2) Yard long black and white photograph of the 3rd Division 2nd Battalion of the 384th Infantry Regiment at Coblenz Germany July 14th 1919. Both are excellent. History World War I The 3rd Division was activated 21 November 1917, seven months after the American entry into World War I, at Camp Greene, North Carolina. Eight months later, it saw combat for the first time in France on the Western Front. Order of battle Headquarters, 3rd Division 5th Infantry Brigade 4th Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Regiment 8th Machine Gun Battalion 6th Infantry Brigade 30th Infantry Regiment 38th Infantry Regiment 9th Machine Gun Battalion 3rd Field Artillery Brigade 10th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 18th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) 76th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 3rd Trench Mortar Battery 7th Machine Gun Battalion 6th Engineer Regiment 5th Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop, 3rd Division 3rd Train Headquarters and Military Police 3rd Ammunition Train 3rd Supply Train 3rd Engineer Train 3rd Sanitary Train 5th, 7th, 26th, and 27th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals At midnight on 14 July 1918, the division earned lasting distinction. Engaged in the Aisne-Marne Offensive as a member of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to Europe, the division was protecting the French capital of Paris with a position on the banks of the Marne River. The 7th Machine Gun Battalion of the 3rd Division rushed to Château-Thierry amid retreating French troops and held the Germans back at the Marne River. While surrounding units retreated, the 3rd Division, including the 4th, 30th and 38th Infantry Regiments, remained steadfast throughout the Second Battle of the Marne, and Colonel Ulysses G. McAlexander's dogged defense earned the 3rd Division its nickname as the "Rock of the Marne". During the massive attack, the 3rd Infantry Division's commanding officer, Major General Joseph T. Dickman, famously cried out "Nous Resterons La" (We Shall Remain Here). Their Blue and White insignia also earned them the nickname The Blue and White Devils." The rest of the division was absorbed under French command until brought back together under the command of Major General Joseph T. Dickman and by 15 July 1918 they took the brunt of what was to be the last German offensive of the war. General John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, Commander-in-chief (C-in-C) of the AEF on the Western Front, called this stand "one of the most brilliant pages in the annals of military history". During the war two members of the division were awarded the Medal of Honor. Casualties during the war were 3,177 killed in action with 12,940 wounded.