Records, 1917-1924 / [American Expeditionary Forces, 37th Division].

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Records, 1917-1924 / [American Expeditionary Forces, 37th Division].

Intelligence reports, maps, journals of operations, movement orders, tables of organization, training memoranda, aeronautical reports, plans of offense and defense, bulletins, field orders, and other papers pertaining to the command of the 37th Division under Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth, 1917-1918, and to its military actions in France and Belgium. Includes correspondence and affidavits (1923) of Maj. Edward P. Lawler, regarding the efforts of the division in capturing the village of Montfaucon, France; and histories of other Army divisions which saw action in Europe.

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Lawler, Edward P.

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Farnsworth, Charles Stewart, 1862-1955

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Charles Stewart Farnsworth (1862-1955) was born on a farm in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and raised in Clarion, Pennsylvania. Upon graduating from West Point in 1887, he married Laura Galey, of Clarion, and embarked on a military career. His son Robert was born at Fort Shaw, Montana, in 1888; his wife died there two years later. From 1893 to 1897 he was assigned to teach military science and tactics at the University of North Dakota. There he married Helen D. Bosard of Grand Forks, North Dako...

United States. Army. Division, 37th

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World War I army unit which saw action in France and Belgium. It was composed primarily of Ohio National Guard units. From the description of Records, series II, 1917-1919. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 22863738 World War I army unit composed primarily of National Guard troops from Ohio. It saw action in the Baccarat, Pannes and Marbache sectors of France, and participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, France, and the Ypres-Lys offensive, Belgium. ...