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

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The 55Th Field ArTillery Brigade and The I05Th Ammu- niTion Train, meanwhile, parTicipaTed in The Ivleuse-An gonne OperaTion. supporTing The 37Th and 32nd Divisions Trorn SepTember 26 To OcTober 8. On SepTember 26-27, The 30Th Division aTTacked Trom a line OT deparTure beTween 300 and 400 meTers easT oT The line beTween La I'IauTe Bruyere and IvIalakoTT Fme: wiTh The BriTish 46Th Division on The righT, and The 27Th Division on The leTT. On The nighT oT SepTember 27 and 28, The 6OTh InTanTry Brigade relieved The 59Th lnTanTry Brigade. HINDENBURG LINE IS SMASHED SepTember 29, I9I8, broughT one OT The mosT impor- TanT vicTories oT The World War I, Tor on ThaT daTe The 30Th Division baTTered iTs way Through The Flindenburg Line, one of The mosT Tormidable baTTle lines known To hisTory. ImmediaTeIy aTTer The peneTraTion, The division crossed The canal and capTured BelIicourT, Then enTered Nauroy. The AusTralian FiTTh Division moved up To pass Through The 30Th, and boTh divisions advanced To esTablish a TronT Trom The inTersecTion oT WaTTling STreeT road and canal, easT and norTheasT To Bois du CabareT, 800 meTers norTheasT oT The Boise de IvIalakoTT. The nexT day The command passed To The AusTralian FiTTh Division, buT uniTs oT The 30Th which were in line parTicipaTed unTil noon. During iTs advance oT 20 miles, The division capTured 98 oTTicers, 3,750 enlisTed men, 72 pieces OT arTillery, 26 Trench morTars and 426 machine guns. IT suTTered 8,4l5 casualTies. On OcTober I and 2 The division moved To The Heroe- courT and Ivlesnil-BrunTel Areas, and on The TiTTh, The Il Corps prepared To relieve The AusTralian Troops in The TronT line. ReTurning To The TronT, The 59Th InTanTry Brigade moved To Nauroy: The 6OTh InTanTry Brigade and oTher uniTs moved To The TincourT-Boucly Area. On The nighT oT OcTober 5 and 6 The 59Th InTanTry Brigade relieved The AusTralian Second Division Trom lvIonTbrehain To Beaurevoir, and on The sixTh, The 6OTh InTanTry Brigade Took posiTion in supporT near I'IargicourT and BellicourT. The nexT day The 59Th InTanTry Brigade aTTacked To realign The TronT. The division on OcTober 8, assisTed by Tanks, The 59Th InTanTry Brigade and one baTTaIion Trom The 6OTh In- TanTry Brigade, leading, aTTacked norTheasT, and cap- Tured BrancourT-le-Grand and PremonT, and reached a line Trom The Fme de Ia PieTe To The easTern ouTskirTs oT PremonT: BriTish SixTh Division served on The righT, while BriTish 25Th Division was on The leTT. The 6OTh InTanTry Brigade passed Through The 59Th on OcTober 9, and capTured Busigny and Becquigny. The nexT day The division TronT exTended along The wesTern ouTskirTs oT Vaux-Andigny, Through La I-Iaie-Ivlenneresse, and ST. SoupIeT, To ST. Benin. APPROACHING THE END The 55Th Field ArTillery and The I05Th AmmuniTion Train parTicipaTed, beTween OcTober II and November II, in The occupaTion oT The Troyon SecTor, supporTing The 79Th and 33rd Divisions. On OcTober II, The division occupied Vaux-Andigny, La I-Iaie-Ivlenneresse, and reached The norThwesTern ouT- skirTs oT ST. MarTin-Riviere: iTs TronT exTending norTh along The wesT bank of The La Selle River To ST. Benin. IT was relieved during The nighT OT OcTober II and I2 by The 27Th Division, and resTed near PremonT, Bran- courT-le-Grand, and IvIonTbrehain. Command passed on OcToIoer I2. The 30Th Division reTurned To The line on The nighT oT T121 OcTober I5 and I6, The 59Th lnTanTry Brigade relieving The 54Th lnTanTry Brigade l27Th Divisionl, in The righT secTor of The II Corps Trom Vaux-Andigny To one-haIT kilomeTer wesT oT ST. IvIarTin-Riviere: BriTish SixTh Division on The righT, 27Th Division on The leTT. On OcTober I7, The division aTTacked norTheasT, crossing The La Selle River, capTured lvlolain and esTablished a line Trom Three-quarTers kilomeTer norTh oT La Demi-Lieue To l'Arbre-de-Guise. The nexT day Ribeauville was occu- pied. The TronT exTended Trom ReieT-de-Beaulieu To Three-guarTers kilomeTer souTheasT oT la Jonquiere Fme, on OcTober I9. The 30Th Division was relieved by The BriTish FirsT Di- vision on The nighT oT OcTober I9 and 20, and moved, OcTober 20-23 To The viciniTy oT TincourT-Boucly and Roisel. The division moved To Querrieu Area on Oc- Tober 23, Tor rehabiliTaTion and Training. OFFICERS IN BATTLE COMMAND The Tollowing oTTicers were in command during The 30Th Division baTTle period in France and Belgium: Major General Edward lvl. Lewis, Division Commander: Brigadier General Lawrence D. Tyson, 59Th InTanTry Brigade: Brigadier General Samson L. Faison, 60Th In- TanTry Brigade: Brigadier Generals George G. GaTIy, Jas. A. ShipTon and Jno. KilbreTh, Jr., 55Th Field ArTillery Brigade: Colonel I-larry S. Berry, II5Th Field ArTillery: Colonel Luke Lea, II4Th Field ArTillery: Colonel AlberT L. Cox, Il3Th Field ArTillery: Colonel John K. Herr, ChieT oT STaTT: Colonel I-Iarley B. Ferguson, IO5Th Engi- neers: C.olonel Cary F. Spence, II7Th InTanTry: Colonel PeTer F. McCully, II8Th InTanTry: Colonel John van B. lvIeTTs, II9Th InTanTry, and Colonel Sidney W. Minor, l20Th lnTanTry. LieuTenanT Colonel S. T. Wallace measures The caliber of capTured German gun.

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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.

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Maior General Russell greeTs SecreTary of War STimson on The SecreTary's visiT To ForT Jackson, February 25, I94I. POST-ARMISTICE ACTIVITIES The division, less ArTiIlery, moved To The American EmbarIcaTion CenTer, Le Mans, on November I9. On December 6, The 55Th Field ArTiIIery Brigade and The IO5Th AmmuniTion Train, aTTached To The 33rd Division, moved To Ivlersch, Luxembourg, buT on January 20, They reverTed To The conTroI of The 3OTh Division. Cn Feb- ruary I8, The IO5Th Trench lvIorTar BaTTery sailed Trorn BresT Tor The UniTed STaTes. The division moved To ST. Nazaire on Ivlarch 4, and on March 6 The II3Th Field ArTiIIery sailed, and oTher uniTs Tollowed in rapid succession. Division Headquar- Ters deparTed Tor The UniTed STaTes on March I7, and on April I8, The lasT eIemenTs arrived aT CharIesTon, SouTh Carolina. The demobiIizaTion included: AT ForT OgIeThorpe, April IO, I-leadguarTers 55Th Field ArTiIIery Il3I Brigade, April I2, I-IeadquarTers, 59Th lnTanTry Brigade: aT Camp Jaclcson, April I9, I-IeadquarTers oT The 6OTh Brigade, Ivlay 7, Division I-IeadquarTers. SERIES OF CITATIONS WiTh The excepTion oT Three days, OcTober I2, I3, and I4, when IT was in reserve, The division aTTacIced every day Trom OcTober 8 To OcTober I9, inclusive, de- TeaTing The enemy and making maTeriaI gains. The di- vision lines were advanced Trom IvIonTbrehain To be ond Ivlazinghien, a disTance oT more Than I3 miles. ana! The Towns OT BrancourT, PremonT, Busigny, Vaux-Andigny, EscauTorT, ST. Benin, ST. SoupIeT, Ribeauville and Maz- inghien, as well as many villages and Tarms, were Talcen. Prized in The archives OT The 3OTh Division is The cor- respondence Tollowing World War I: