37th Infantry Division (United States)
The 37th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It was a National Guard division from Ohio, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division". Today, its lineage is continued through the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, with battalions from Ohio, Michigan, and South Carolina.
Doughboys from the 112th Field Signal Battalion, 37th Division, waiting to advance near Avocourt, France, September 26, 1918.
Members of the 136th Field Artillery homecoming parade in Columbus, OH after World War I on April 6, 1919.
A commemorative bronze medal, produced in France in 1918, honoring the United States 371st Infantry Regiment, serving under the command of the French Army.
Portrait of Brig. General Leo M. Kreber, Commanding Artillery Officer of the 37th Infantry Division on Bougainville. 15 January 1944.
The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days. The Meuse–Argonne offensive was the largest in United States military history, involving 1.2 million French, Siamese, and American soldiers. It is also the deadliest campaign in the history of the United States Army, resulting in over 350,000 casualties, including 28,000 German lives, 26,277 American lives and an unknown number of French lives. American losses were worsened by the inexperience of many of the troops, the tactics used during the early phases of the operation and the widespread onset of the global influenza outbreak called the "Spanish flu."
German soldiers drawing water
General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).
Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, commanding the U.S. First Army.
U.S. Marines during the offensive