27th Infantry Division (United States)
The 27th Infantry Division was a unit of the Army National Guard in World War I and World War II. The division traces its history from the New York Division, formed originally in 1908. The 6th Division designation was changed to the 27th Division in July 1917.
Men of the 27th Division crossing a pontoon bridge on Okinawa. 21 April 1945.
On the march
Camp Wadsworth was a World War I-era training facility for the United States Army. Located near Spartanburg, South Carolina, the post was in operation from its opening in July 1917 until it was inactivated in March 1919, following the Armistice that ended the war.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker approved the Spartanburg site where Camp Wadsworth was constructed.
Recitation room, Army School of Nursing, Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina.
Major General John F. O'Ryan, commander of Camp Wadsworth and the 27th Division during World War I.
James S. Wadsworth, the Union Army officer for whom Camp Wadsworth was named.