Experiences in the U.S. Armed Forces Infantry 1918-1919

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Experiences in the U.S. Armed Forces Infantry 1918-1919

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SNAC Resource ID: 6343863

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Young, Gaylen S.

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Mormon member of Company D, 362 Infantry, 91st Division of the United States Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. He was also a grandson of the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young (1801-1877). From the guide to the Experiences in the U.S. Armed Forces Infantry, 1918-1919, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon Church leader, lawyer, judge, veteran of World War I, and grandson of the second president of the Mormon Ch...

United States. Army. Division, 91st

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During World War I, the 91st Observation Squadron of the American Expeditionary Force operated reconnaissance missions 15 to 25 miles beyond enemy lines. They informed A.E.F. Headquarters of movements on roads and airdromes and in railroad yards, which they observed from above 15,000 feet; they also reported on supply and ammunition dumps. The 91st Squadron arrived in Liverpool, England with the 90th and 88th Squadrons in November 1917 and traveled to Hill 402 to constru...