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WW I \"Indianhead Division\" magazines, USMC:
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IN WORLD WAR I THE U.S. ARMY\'S 2ND \"INDIANHEAD\" DIVISION WAS A HYBRID OUTFIT, UNIQUE IN THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AEF). IT\'S 4TH BRIGADE WAS FORMED FROM THE 5TH AND 6TH U.S. MARINE CORPS. REGIMENTS AND THE 6TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION OF MARINES. THE 2ND DIV. ARRIVED IN FRANCE IN JUNE OF 1917.ON OCT. 26, 1917 BRIG. GEN. CHARLES DOYEN USMC ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE 2ND DIVISION AS IT\'S FIRST COMMANDING GENERAL.
THE 6TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION WAS A BATTALION OF U.S. MARINES WHICH SUPPORTED MARINE AND ARMY REGIMENTS BY DETACHING MACHINE GUN COMPANIES TO OPERATE ALONG THE WESTERN FRONT AND PROVIDE FIRE SUPPORT DURING THE FIGHTING. AFTER THE ARMISTICE IN NOV. 1918 THE 6TH UNDERTOOK OCCUPATIONAL DUTIES IN GERMANY BEFORE RETURNING HOME TO AMERICA AT WHICH TIME THE UNIT WAS DISBANDED.
INCLUDED HERE ARE 8 ISSUES OF \"THE INDIAN\", THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE OF THE 2ND DIVISION ARMY OF OCCUPATION IN GERMANY IN 1919. THEY WERE SENT HOME IN THE MAIL TO THE FAMILY OF PVT. JOSEPH T. BROOMALL, 77TH CO.6TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION, U.S. MARINES FROM MELSBACH, GERMANY. BROOMALL SERVED FROM 1917 TO 1919 AND HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE. HE PASSED AWAY IN 1959.
THE #1 ISSUE COVER DESIGN WITH THE INDIAN MAIDEN IS THE ARTWORK OF DECORATED MARINE CORPS OFFICER AND FAMOUS ARTIST CLAGGETT WILSON. FRONT AND BACK COVERS OF THIS ISSUE ARE DETACHED BUT CAN BE EASILY STAPLED.ONE OTHER ISSUE HAS A BACK COVER DETACHED. THE OTHER SIX ARE INTACT AND ALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. EACH ISSUE IS 16 PAGES OF NEWS, CARTOONS AND REMINISCES. OF THE 2ND DIV. DURING THE OCCUPATION IN POST WAR GERMANY.
NOTATIONS ON THE COVERS BY PVT. BROOMALL, WHO ALSO MADE NOTATIONS THROUGHOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES.
***OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS THE ACCOUNT OF THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AS IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED ON SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1919, WRITTEN BY BROOMALL ON THE INSIDE COVER OF ISSUE #12 AFTER THE PARTICULARS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE NEWLY FORMED 3RD. ARMY. THIS TREATY FORMALLY ENDED THE WAR ON THIS DATE: SEE PIC.
DIFFICULT TO FIND MULTIPLE ISSUES OF \"THE INDIAN\", IDENTIFIED TO AN INDIVIDUAL MARINE ATTACHED TO THE 6TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION .
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