United States Army, 37th Division

The Thirty-Seventh Division, American Expeditionary Force was organized at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama, of National Guard troops from the State of Ohio in August of 1917 under the command of Major General Charles G. Treat. Major General Charles S. Farnsworth took command of the Division on May 8, 1918. On May 22, 1918, the Division moved to Camp Lee, Virginia. Here it completed its quota of officers and men. It then embarked for Europe, leaving New Jersey on June 15 and arriving in France on June 22. Six weeks were spent in Bourmont, France, where the Division received its final training. It moved into the Vosges Mountains, where it relieved the 77th American Division in the Baccarat Sector on August 4, remaining in the sector until September 16.

During the Meuse-Argonne Campaign, the Division was deployed in the woods between Ricicourt and Avocourt. On September 26, it pushed its way through the thick underbrush of the Bois de Montfaucon, capturing the town of Ivoiry and the west half of Montfaucon. On October 1 the Division was relieved and sent to the Pannes Sector, where it occupied the trenches until October 16.

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