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

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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

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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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England Tor Calais and The ArTillery Tor Le I-lavre. France. FINAL TRAINING AND OPERATIONS ComponenT parTs OT The division Tlowed rapidly inTo France, and Trom May 27 unTil fXugusT I8 Took Training wiTh The BriTish in Picardy and Flanders. BeTween May 27 and June I7, The 3OTh Division lless The ArTilleryl, The lO5Th Supply Train and The lO5Th SaniTary Train, arrived in The Recgues Training Area beTween Calais and ST. Omer, where iT was aTTiliaTed wiTh The BriTish 39Th Divie sion Tor Training. The division was under conTrOl OT The Second Corps, May 24-SepTernloer 24. The 55Th Field fXrTillery Brigade and The lO5Th AmmuniTion Train reached Le Havre, June I3-2l, and wenT inTO Training aT The ArTillery School aT Camp CoeTquidan, where They remained unTil AugusT 20. They were Tollowed by The IO5Th Supply and SaniTary Trains, which arrived in Calais and Cherbourg, respecTively, and Took Training aT The I7Th lFays-BilloTl Training Area. The division, less deTachmenTs, moved inTo The area wesT OT Poperinghe, Belgium, on July 2, and was Tollowed eighT days IaTer by The Engineers and The Machine Gun Troops. The division received iTs TirsT TasTe OT war on July 9, when, wiTh The 27Th Division, iT was assigned To The organizaTion and deTense OT The EasT Poperinghe Line, a Third deTensive posiTion in The Dickebusch Lake and Scherpenberg SecTors. Full respOnsiIOiliTy Tor The EasT Poperinghe Trench sysTem was assumed by The division on July I I. FLANDERS ATTiliaTed wiTh The BriTish, The division reached The TrOnT lines Tor Training on July Io, and remained unTil AugusT l8. AcTual Training was carried on unTil AugusT Qi The 59Th lnTanTry Brigade was aTTiliaTed wiTh The BriTish 49Th Division: The 6OTh lnTanTry Brigade wiTh The BriTish 33rd Division: while The Machine Gun and lnTan- Try uniTs served by baTTalions and oTher divisional Troops by deTachmenTs. ATTer a brieT reTurn To The rear Tor TurTher Training, The division relieved The BriTish 33rd Division in The TronT line OT The Canal SecTor Trom The viciniTy OT Elzenwalle To The railroad souTheasT OT TransporT Fme, on The nighTs OT fXugusT I6 and I7. On AugusT I8 The division as- sumed command, wiTh The BriTish SixTh Division To iTs righT. On The nexT day The Canal SecTor occupaTion was merged inTo The Ypres-Lys OperaTion. YPRES-LYS From AugusT I9 unTil SepTember 4 The division, less ArTillery and lO5Th AmmuniTion Train, Took parT in The Ypres-Lys OperaTion. The 55Th Field ArTillery Brigade and The lO5Th AmmuniTion Train parTicipaTed in The occupaTion OT The Lucey SecTor wiTh The 89Th Division, AugusT 26-SepTember II. Rumors OT a German wiTh- drawal OT Troops was invesTigaTed on AugusT 3l by com- baT paTrols OT The division. The nexT day, wiTh The oOTh lnTanTry Brigade leading, The division capTured MOaTed Grange, Voormezeele, Lock No. 8, and LankhoT Fme, and occupied a line connecTing These lOcaliTies wiTh The original TrOnT aT Gunners' Lodge. The 27Th Division served To The righT7 The BriTish l4Th Division To The leTT. On The nighTs OT SepTember 3, SepTember 4, and Sep- Tember 5, The division was relieved by The BriTish 35Th Division, and on SepTember 4, The command passed. The division concenTraTed near Proven on SepTember 5 and 6, and moved inTO The ST. Pol Area. in The zone OT The BriTish FirsT Army, on SepTember 7, Tor Training. Meanwhile, on SepTember I2-IS, The 5STh Field ArTilA lery Brigade and The lO5Th AmmuniTion Train supporTed The 89Th Division in The ST. Mihiel OperaTion. On Sepf Tember IS, These uniTs were deTached Trom The B9Th Division and ordered To The V Corps To suppOrT The 37Th Division in The AvOcOurT SecTor. The 37Th, along wiTh The Two 3OTh Division uniTs, occupied The fXvOcourT Secf Tor On SepTember 2325. THE SOMME OFFENSIVE The 3OTh Division, less ArTillery, and The lO5Th Ammu- niTion Train parTicipaTed in The Somme OTTensive Operaf Tion SepTember 22-0cTober I. Cn The nighTs OT Sepf Tember 2l, 22, 23 and 24, The division moved To The TincourT-Boucly lBriTish FourTh Armyl Area, where The Second Corps was aTTiliaTed wiTh The AusTralian FirsT Division, easT OT VillereT and lTlargicOurT Trom 300 meTers easT OT Buisson-Gaulaine Fme, Through La I-TauTe Bruyere, la Terrasse Trench, Bois des Tuyas, Boyau du Chevreau, To MalakOTT Fme. The S9Th lnTanTry Brigade occupied The Torward area. Command passed To The 3OTh Di- vision on SepTember 24. SergeanT Homer L. Lane of The II5Th Field ArTiIIery, on Tennessee maneuvers wiTh The 3OTh Division, hears Uncle Polk Sagely, ConTederaTe veTeran of The FourTh Tennessee VolunTeers, declare ThaT The modern 37-mm. enTi-Tank guns couIdn'T hurT a TIea. According To The old soldier, cannons, in his day, were Three Times as large.