US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Jackson, SC)

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VM RAY CARLTON REEVES ALBERT WILLIS SHEFTALL B. COLEMAN JAMES LAWRENCE GANTW Colonel Lieulenanf Colonel Colonel Colonel Commanding ll5lh Field Artillery Commanding Il3fh Field Arlillery Commanding ll8fh Field Artillery Commanding l05lh Ouarlermasler Regiment lll lll 3lllH lllllllll l GRAHAM K, HOBBS Colonel Commanding l05lh Engineers E HODGE A. NEWELL Colonel Commanding l05'lh Medical Regimenl l9l CARTER L. RHINEHART Maior Commanding Special Troops

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TRELAWNEY E. MARCHANT DON E. SCOTT GODFREY CHESHIRE Brigadier General Brigadier General Brigadier General Commanding 591h lnfanlry Brigade Commanding 60th Infanlry Brigade Commanding 551h Field Arfillery Brigade lllllillll an HEEIME Til EIIMMA IIEHS HARRY O. WITHINGTON Colonel Commanding Il8lh lnfanlry LEWIS C. POPE ROBERT HAROLD BOND JOHN HALL MANNING Colonel Colonel Cqlongl Commanding l2Is1 lnfanfry Commanding lI71h Infantry Commanding l20fh lnfanlry O E81

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- zffi Jigsaws ' S if so T The 2I0-mm. l1owiT1er capfured by The 30Th Division when They broke Through The Hindenburg Line in World War l. The gun was man- uTacTured abouT l9I2. An old Type French 75-mm. gun is shown in foreground. Adfory O! me 307A sibiuidion CreaTed on July IB, I9I7, OT NaTional Guard Troops Trom NorTh Carolina, SouTh Carolina, and Tennessee, The 3OTh Division, UniTed STaTes Army, builT Tor iTselT one OT The TinesT baTTle hisTories OT The FirsT World War. lT was aT BellicourT, France, ThaT The 3OTh Division won undying Tame, Tor There, on SepTemloer 29, I9I8, iT smashed iTs way Through The Tamed l'lindenburg Line -a vicTory ThaT hasTened The close oT The war, and did honor To The memory oT Andrew Jackson, whose nick- name, Old Hickory, The division bears. Troops oT The 3OTh Division were called inTo Federal service on July 25, l9l7, seven days aTTer designaTion as a division, and on AugusT 3, The War DeparTmenT or- dered concenTraTion and organizaTion aT Camp Sevier, Greenville, SouTh Carolina. On AugusT 5 The NaTional Guard oT NorTh Carolina, SouTh Carolina and Tennessee were inducTed inTo Federal service. ConcenTraTion conTinued ThroughouT AugusT. The 55Th Field ArTillery Brigade was organized on AugusT 25, and ulTimaTely included The FirsT NorTh Caro- lina and FirsT Tennessee RegimenTs oT Field ArTillery, The FirsT Tennessee lnTanTry, Troop D oT Tennessee Cavalry and deTachmenTs oT The FirsT NorTh Carolina and Second Tennessee RegimenTs oT lnTanTry. Major General John F. Morrison assumed command OT The Division on AugusT 28. The 3OTh Division was reorganized in accordance wiTh The Tables oT OrganizaTion oT AugusT 8, l9l7, on Sep- Tember I2. The lnTanTry Brigades were organized and ulTimaTely included: The 59Th lnTanTry Brigade, The Third Tennessee and The FirsT SouTh Carolina RegimenTs of lnTanTry, and deTachmenTs oT The FirsT NorTh Carolina and Second SouTh Carolina RegimenTs of lnTanTry, and oT The Tennessee Cavalry: The 6OTh lnTanTry Brigade, The Second and Third NorTh Carolina RegimenTs oT lnTanTry, and deTachmenTs oT The FirsT NorTh Carolina, and Sec- ond Tennessee RegimenTs oT lnTanTry and oT NorTh Caro- lina Cavalry. The division underwenT a Term OT sysTem- aTic Training Trom SepTember I7 unTil April 30, and dur- ing OcTober selecTive service men Trorn Camps Gordon, Jackson and Pike compleTed The division. THE START TOWARD FRANCE The Division l'leadquarTers and The lnTanTry organiza- Tions leTT Camp Sevier on May I, wiTh The 59Th lnTanTry Brigade, en rouTe To Camp Mills, and The 6OTh lnTanTry Brigade en rouTe To Camp MerriTT. The advance deTachmenTs sailed on May 7, and landed in England on May I4: while Division T-le-adquarTers and The lnTanTry sailed Trom New York and Hoboken May II-I9, and arrived in England May 23-June 5. On May I8 The 55Th Field ArTillery Brigade leTT Camp Sevier en rouTe To Camp Mills, and Trorn May 27 unTil June I2, The ArTillery and Divisional Troops and Trains sailed Trom New York and Hoboken, arriving in England beTween June 8 and 25. ATTer a brieT sTay in resT camps, The lnTanTry leTT