The 1st Infantry Division is a combined arms division of the United States Army, and is the oldest continuously serving division in the Regular Army. It has seen continuous service since its organizat
Red Cross nurses serving bread and coffee to doughboys of the 16th Infantry, 1st Division, upon their arrival in Paris, July 4, 1917.
General John J. Pershing, Commander'in-Chief of the AEF, and Major General Charles P. Summerall, commander of the 1st Division, inspecting doughboys of the 16th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, in France, September 7, 1918.
First Division monument on the Meuse-Argonne Battlefield, France.
Gunners of the 6th Field Artillery, 1st Division, in action near Exermont, France, October 1918.
The 16th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army and has traditionally been a part of the 1st Infantry Division.
1st Infantry Division (United States)
…division, less its artillery, was assembled in the First (Gondrecourt) training area, and the artillery was at Le Valdahon. On 4 July, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, paraded through the streets of Paris to bolster the sagging French spirits. An apocryphal story holds that at Lafayette's tomb, to the delight of the…
Officers of the 16th Infantry with French interpreters and instructor, Summer 1917.
At Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 1944 According to the French historian, Georges Bernage, Omaha Beach 6 June 1944, this photo was from war correspondent Richard Taylor, and taken at about 0720. They GIs are awaiting evacuation under the cliffs at Fox Red Beach on the far left flank. They are members of the 3rd Battalion 16th RCT, 1st Infantry Division [likely GIs of Company L].
A 1st Infantry Division half-track plows its way through a muddy road in the Hürtgen Forest. 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 15 Feb 1945.
Men of Company "C", 16th Infantry draw sniper fire while on a search and destroy mission, 4 October 1965