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

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I bmi kim! Qffkzlcw Leif: General George C. Mar- shall, Chief of S-iaff, U. S. A., and Maier General William E. Shecld, Commanding l Corps. Below: Lieukenanl Gen- l Hu h A Drum Com- era g . , rnanding Firsi Army.

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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:

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I-leadguarfers 3OTh Division, A. E. F. France, OcTober I, I9I8. General Orders No. 33. I. The Division Commander wishes To congraTulaTe The 3OTh Division upon The success oT iTs firsT divisional acfion, and To express appreciaTion of iTs firsT divisional acTion, and To express appreciafion oT The courage, forTi- Tude and devoTion played by iTs personnel. 2. To be given The Task, in The iniTial eTforT, To play an imporTanT role in breaking Through The I-Iindenburg Line, The sTrongesT defenses on The WesTern FronT, was a greaT honor, and The facT ThaT The break-Through was acTually made on The division fronf is ample evidence ThaT The honor was nof misplaced, and is a crediT To The fighTing efficiency oT The division, The command of which The undersigned has every reason To be proud. 3. The division reTires Temporarily for reorganizaTion and a well-earned resT, buT wiTh a feeling of saTisfacTion aT a Task well done and wiTh augmenTed faiTh in iTseIf. 4. There is deep and keen regreT for The gallanT com- rades who have gloriously died, and an earnesT inTenTion of furTher perfecTion as a combaT organizaTion in order ThaT The division may do To The fullesT exTenT possible iTs share in bringing abouT early success of The greaT cause in which They have fallen. 5. This order will be read To every organizaTion aT iTs firsT formaTion and be posTed on bullefin boards. E. M. LEWIS, Ivlaior General, Commanding. AUSTRALIAN CORPS 0cTober 2, I9l8. My dear General: As The II American Corps has now been wiThdrawn from The line, and my official associafion wiTh you and your Troops has been, for The Time being, suspended, I desire To express To you The greaT pleasure iT has been To me and To The Troops of The Ausfralian Army Corps To have been so closely allied To you in The recenf very imporTanT baTTle operaTions which have resulfed in The breaking Through of The main I-lindenburg Line on The fronT oT The I:ourTh BriTish Army. Now ThaT The fuller deTails of The work done by The 27Th and 3OTh American Divisions have become avail- able, The splendid gallanfry and devoTion of The Troops in These operaTions have won The admiraTion oT Their AusTralian comrades. The Tasks seT were formidable, buT The American Troops overcame all obsTacles and conTribuTed in a very high degree To The uITimaTe cap- Ture of The whole Tunnel sysTem. I shall be glad if you will convey To your Division Come manders my appreciaTion of and Thanks for The work done, and To accepT my besT wishes for every possible success in The fufure. JOI-IN IvlONASl'l, Commander, AusTralian Corps, I:ourTh BriTish Army. Presidenf RooseveIT, on his visiT To ForT Jackson April I, inspecTs Troops of The 30Th Division. Reading from IefT To righT, are: Maior General Russell, Commanding Officer 30Th Division: PresicIenT Roosevelh Governor of SouTh Carolina Maybanlrsg and General Shedd, Commanding Officer of FirsT Army Corps. F,,.Q.-is'