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WWI US Army 80th Infantry Division 315th Field Artillery France Yard Long Photo:
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30-3/4\" x 11-3/4\" US Army 80th Division, 315th Field Artillery (155 mm), Supply Company, Verneil Le Chetif, France. April 23rd, 1919. No. 1166 Ewing, Inc. Baton Rouge, LA (Louisiana) Soldiers numbered 1 - 94
The artillery of the division boasted more days of continuous combat firing than the batteries of any other American division. The315th Field Artillery Regiments were composed of men almost exclusively from the state of West Virginia.
Please review pictures for the best description. *****WILL COMBINE SHIPPING*****WILL SHIP INTERNATIONL*****MESSAGE FOR DETAILS***** The unit was first organized in August 1917 and activated the following September duringWorld War Ias the80th Division. DuringWorld War II, the Division was redesignated on 1 August 1942, as the80th Infantry Division.Nicknamed the \"Blue RidgeDivision,\" it was initially composed of draftees from the mid-atlantic states ofMaryland,Pennsylvania,Virginia, andWest Virginia.
Activated: September 1917 Overseas: June 1918 Major operations: Battle of the Somme (1918), Meuse-Argonne, Battle of Saint-Mihiel. Casualties: Total-6,029. (KIA-880; WIA-5,149). Commanders: Brig. Gen. Herman Hall (ad interim, 27 August 1917), Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite (9 September 1917), Brig. Gen. Loyd M. Brett (ad interim, 26 November 1917), Brig. Gen. Wilds P. Richardson (ad interim, 28 December 1917), Brig. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth (ad interim, 7 January 1918), Brig. Gen. Loyd M. Brett (ad interim, 14 January 1918), Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite (1 March 1918), Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis (22 November 1918), Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite (12 April 1919) Inactivated: May 1919.
Order of battle
- Headquarters, 80th Division
159th Infantry Brigade
313th Machine Gun Battalion
- 315th Machine Gun Battalion
- 155th Field Artillery Brigade
- 313th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
- 314th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
- 315th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm)
- 305th Trench Mortar Battery
- 314th Machine Gun Battalion
- 305th Field Signal Battalion
- Headquarters Troop, 80th Division
- 305th Train Headquarters and Military Police
- 317th, 318th, 319th, and 320th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals
The 317th Infantry included men from central and western Virginia; the 318th Infantry was made up mostly of men from the Shenandoah Valley and Tidewater areas; the 313th Machine Gun Battalion mostly had men from the Erie, Pennsylvania, area. These units comprised the 159th Infantry Brigade. The 318th Infantry were nicknamed the \"squirrels\" while training with the British in the Artois/Picardy section of France; the 1st Battalion was the \"red squirrels,\" the 2nd Battalion was the \"gray squirrels,\" and the 3rd Battalion was the \"flying squirrels.\"
The 319th Infantry included men from the Allegheny County and Erie areas, and a few from eastern Ohio. The 320th Infantry had men from Pittsburgh; the 315th Machine Gun Battalion had men from Pittsburgh and Erie. These units combined to create the 160th Infantry Brigade. Each infantry regiment in the 80th Division used a unique helmet marking; the 317th used a diamond, the 318th a square, the 319th a circle, and the 320th Infantry Regiment a bowl shape. The headquarters of each regiment divided their shape using three vertical stripes of red, white, and blue; the 1st battalion of each regiment used solid red, the 2nd battalion white, and the 3rd battalion blue. Each company painted their respective letter inside the shape. The machine gun company of each regiment divided their shape vertically in half in red and blue; the supply company divided their shape in red and white.
The 313th, 314th and 315th Field Artillery Regiments were composed of men almost exclusively from the state of West Virginia, and formed the 155th Field Artillery Brigade.
Serving with the division were the 314th Machine Gun Battalion (men from the Tidewater area) as well as the 305th Engineer Regiment (men from the area east and north of Pittsburgh); the 305th Trains (Ammunition, Engineer, Supply and Sanitary) were men from western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia. The engineers were more often than not sent out ahead. During the rest period from 14 October through the Armistice, they finally were outfitted with U.S. Springfield and Browning automatic rifles. They had two weeks to train before the third and final push began in the Meuse-Argonne. It was also during this period that an attack formation was reorganized to allow for more maneuverability. The 155th Field Artillery Regiment was in combat from the start of the Meuse Argonne, continuously with the 80th Division, but served also with the 90th Division into Germany, until after the Armistice. Altogether, the 155th served with five different divisions.
During the Meuse Argonne campaign, the 80th Division was the only one that saw action during each phase of the offensive (three times). And they first earned their motto, \"The 80th Division Moves only Forward!\". The artillery of the division boasted more days of continuous combat firing than the batteries of any other American division. The 80th captured two Germans and one machine gun for every man wounded and one piece of artillery with gun crew for every 10 men wounded. Men of the 80th Division received 619 awards and decorations.
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