Brigadier General Abel Davis was an officer in the Illinois National Guard. He was regarded as "the second highest ranking Jewish officer in the Illinois National Guard, and one of the highest ranking Jewish officers in the United States Army." During World War I, he commanded the 132nd Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Division. Postwar, Davis commanded the 66th Infantry Brigade.
Company commanders of the 132nd Infantry Regiment, 1920. Colonel Davis is stood in the center of the front row.
132nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 132nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the Illinois Army National Guard.
U.S. Soldiers of the 132nd Infantry Regiment on the front line in the Meuse Valley, north of Verdun. October, 1918
Mortar crew of Company B, 132nd Infantry Regiment. Bougainville, 10 March 1944
Troops from 3rd Battalion, 132nd Infantry during the Talisay Landing