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The 91st Infantry Division

 

 

 

  If you look closely at the photograph of  Fred Altwasser  in his U.S. Army uniform you will be able to make out the shoulder patch of the 91st Infantry Division. He is also wearing a campaign ribbon and has a single gold "V" service stripe fixed on the lower left forearm for service in France. He participated in the St. Mihiel Offensive, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the VII Army Corps offensive which helped drive the enemy east across the Escaut River (Belgian name - Schelde River ).

A.S.2786449, Frederick G. Altwasser,
Private 1st Class.

The 91st Infantry Division "Wild West" Division - battle cry: "Powder River! Let'er Buck!" trained at Camp Lewis from 5 September 1917 until it shipped out, on 21-24 June 1918, for France, where it served with distinction.

The 91st Division was Constituted on 5 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington. The Division soon thereafter departed for England in the summer of 1918. In September 1918, the Division's first operation was in the St. Mihiel Offensive in France. Serving under the U.S. Army's V Corps, the Division fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and successfully helped to destroy the German First Guard Division and continued to smash through three successive enemy lines.

Twelve days before the end of WWI, the Division, as part of the VII Army Corps, helped drive the enemy east across the Escaut River (Belgian name - Schelde River ).

The Division was awarded separate campaign streamers for its active role in the Lorraine, Meuse-Argonne and Ypres-Lys campaigns. In 1919, the 91st was deactivated at the Presidio of San Francisco.

 

91st Infantry Division Links

Fred Altwasser

Lone Sentry:  Unit History:  91st Infantry Division

The Story of the 91st Infantry Division, American Expeditionary Force, World War I

 

 

 

 

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