The Second Division |
Syllabi Of The Histories Of Regiments And Separate Organizations From dates of organization to June 1, 1919. |
| The 2nd Division was one of a kind. It was the only American Division that had a Brigade of Marines and the only Division formed in France. |
| Third Infantry Brigade |
| Ninth Infantry |
| Twenty-Third Infantry |
| Fifth Machine Gun Battalion |
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| Fourth Infantry (Marine) Brigade |
| Fifth Marines |
| Sixth Marines |
| Sixth Machine Gun Battalion |
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| Fourth Machine Gun Battalion |
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| Second Field Artillery Brigade |
| Twelfth Field Artillery Regiment |
| Fifteenth Field Artillery |
| Seventeenth Field Artillery |
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| Second Engineers |
2nd Engineers web site |
| First Field Signal Battalion |
| Second Supply Train |
| Second Ammunition Train |
| Second Sanitary Train |
| Second Engineer Train |
| Motor Transport Corps |
| Second Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop |
| Divisional Headquarters Troop |
| Second Military Police |
| Other elements of the 2nd Division not mentioned in the syllabi: |
| Mobile Veterinary Section No.2. |
| Motor Shop Truck Units 303 and 363. |
| Salvage Squad No.2. |
| Sales Commissary Unit No. 1. |
| A. P. O. 710 Detachment. |
| Quartermaster Detachment. |
| Ordnance Detachment. |
| Railhead Detachment. |
| Mobile Surgical Unit. |
| Clothing and Bath Unit No. 820. (In the REGULARS booklet this is designated Bath Unit 326 and there is no laundry unit listed.) |
| Laundry Unit No. 326. |
| Bakery Unit No. 319. |
| HQ Train |
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| Composition of 2d Division (An official version) |
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| The Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, addresses the 2nd
Division, Vallendar, Germany, April 18, 1919 |
| General Pershing, and Major General
Dickman, with the officers & men
of the 2nd Division, Valendar [sic], Germany, March, 1919 |
| Publications of the 2nd Division |
| Sketch of Western Front by Wendell Westover, Capt. 4th M.G. Bn. |
| 2d Division
Summary of Operations in The World War |
| 2nd Division Magazine "The Indian" Published on the Rhine River |
| American fireworks shot off from Fortress Ehrenbreitstein at Coblenz, Germany July 4th, 1919. |
| Monument marking the location of the formation of the 2nd Division at Bourmont, France. |
| Aisne Marne American Memorial NEW |
| Congressional Medal of Honor — Blanc Mont Ridge NEW |
| Second Division Memorial NEW |
| Remembering Belleau Wood - Marines visit France to honor the fallen NEW |
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2nd Div. Track Team May 10, 1919 Germany (Photo by 2nd Engineers)
An original contact print—taken from the original negative—depicting 2nd Division history. It was very likely taken on Carnival Island (Oberwerth) at Coblenz, Germany. |
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Review of 2nd Div. by Gen. Pershing
at Vallendar, Germany. |
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Prisoners of the 1st and 2d Divisions captured in the advance south of Soissons. Dommiers, July 19, 1918. |
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So great was General Pershing's pride in the achievements of the Marines in the operations northwest of Chateau Thierry that he designated a detachment of the Marine Corps as a special escort at the ceremonies commemorative of Bastille Day at General Headquarters, Chaumont, July 14. 1918. Beginning at the right of the lamppost are Capt. A. Levy, Mayor of Chaumont; Gen. Perelli, Gen. Ragneau, Gen. Wirbel, Gen. Pershing, M. Ie Prefet Jessier; Maj. Gen. James W. McAndrew, Chief of Staff, A. E. F.; Gen. Wagstaff. |
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![General Pershing, and Major General Dickman, with the officers & men of the 2nd Division, Valendar [sic], Germany, March, 1919](images/2nd.division.vallendar2.jpg){kind=link}