A History of the Three Hundred Tenth (310th) Infantry, Seventy-Eighth Division (78th) U.S.A. 1917 - 1919
NY: New York: Association of the 310th Infantry, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 7.75 x 5.75 inches, publisher's papercovered boards, good with recent paper over spine, light wear to covers, very faint dampstaining to fore-edge and bottom margins of the first third of the text. 265 pp, illustrated. The 310th Infantry Regiment was constituted on 5 August 1917 in the National Army and assigned to the 155th Infantry Brigade of the 78th Division, organized at Camp Dix, New Jersey, on 6 September 1917. The 78th Division drew its draftees from New York and northern Pennsylvania under the National Army recruiting plan. At the brigade level, Brigadier General Mark L. Hersey commanded the 155th Infantry Brigade — the parent brigade of the 310th — while notable regimental commanders included Walter C. Babcock and Thomas H. Hayes. At the division level, the 78th Division was commanded successively by Maj. Gen. Chase W. Kennedy, Brig. Gen. John S. Mallory, Brig. Gen. James T. Dean, Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, and finally Maj. Gen. James H. McRae from April 1918. After several months of training, the 78th was transported to France in May and June 1918, where it served as the "point of the wedge" of the final offensive against Germany. The regiment's doughboys participated in three campaigns as part of the American Expeditionary Forces: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Lorraine. After completing its war service, the regiment returned home aboard the USS Tiger, arriving at the Port of New York on 31 May 1919 and demobilizing at Camp Dix on 6 June 1919. Good. Item #h45615
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