Project Staff recently scanned a collection of Signal Corps photographs of the 35th Division from the Springfield-Greene County Library. The images include both infantry and artillery units from the 35th Division. The 35th Division was composed entirely of units from the Missouri and Kansas National Guard. They trained in Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma, and were sent to France in the spring of 1918. The division was first assigned to a relatively quiet sector in the Vosges Mountains and was held in reserve during the St. Mihiel Offensive before joining the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on September 26, 1918. The 35th Division fought for five days in the Argonne Forest before being relieved by the 1st Division and transferred to the Verdun Sector.Below each photo is a transcript of the caption on the reverse side. Enjoy!
"An American and French soldier standing guard at the same post. Boussat, France July 12th 1918 35th Division"
"Wounded being taken care of at the first dressing station back of the lines. 35th Division, Cheppy, Meuse, Varennes France. Sept. 29th 1918"
"German prisoners, 35th Division Hdqrs, France, near Bourenilles, Meuse, France, Sept. 26th 1918."
"Battery D, 128th F.A. 1st Rgt. [Field Artillery, Missouri, National Guard] in action. Les Cotes de Forimont, Meuse, France Sept. 26th 1918."
"Illustrating methods of throwing hand grenades from the trenches...near Amphersbacks, Alsace, Germany, August 29th 1918. 35th Division."
These Signal Corps photographs are part of a larger collection of WWI Signal Corps photos that can be viewed on-line at U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center Digital Collections.
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Photographs are courtesy of the Springfield-Greene County Library.
