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Chateau Thierry/Belleau Wood From Joseph Palisi Back home from France. Spent three hours with Gilles Lagin, historian, who guided us around the battlefield where Co. B, 7th Regt, 3rd Infantry fought and died. |
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Memorial to the 3rd Infantry Division, Marne Division in the |
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 Gilles Lagin, historian. Has done a lot for the 2nd Marines whom the 3RD relieved. He is one of two official Honorary Marines for whom he has done many guides and research. |
 The US Cemetery at Belleau Wood where some 2,000 US soldiers and marines are buried. |
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Exact field of
battle where Co A and Co B, 7th Regiment, 3rd Inf. Div. fought.
Foxholes and machine gun depressions remain. |
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Here's a portrait of my grandfather, Dennis C. Pillsbury, while
he was serving as a Captain of the 38th Infantry Regiment. I don't know
for sure, but I think this photo was taken while the 38th Infantry was
at Ft. Douglas, Utah, sometime during the 1920's. For much of that time
he was the Regimental Adjutant. He entered active service as a member of
the Oregon National Guard during the action along the Mexican border in
1916 and later obtained a Regular Army commission, serving until 1944,
when he was retired for medical reasons in the grade of colonel. He died
in 1958, aged 69. Feel free to add this to the 3rd Division website if
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I was viewing your
site and I saw a photo from Tom Wright who had included a photo of his
father from Niedermendig, Germany in 1919. I have a photo of my
grand uncle from the same location with another prohibition message
“Don’t let the States go dry”. On the top of the pedestal if you
blow the photo up you can read the words “Rock of the Marne”. My grand uncle
Elza Rhineberger (1893-1973) is pictured on the left and his buddy Pearl
Benson is on the right. Both Elza and Pearl entered the Army from
Chicago Junction, Huron County, Ohio and served with Co I, 38th
Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division. After the war Elza was assigned
to Camp Pike, Pulaski, Arkansas until his discharge in 1920 and moved to
Michigan where he farmed until his death. |
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Dear Sir,
Comments: My grandfather Samuel Zerbe served in the 76th field artillery (Bat A) 3rd Division and served through the war, and right through the post war occupation in Coblenz Germany. He was president of Society of the 3rd Division 1967 at the reunion city of Tacoma Washington. I am looking for any information of the 3rd's post armistice period as an occupation force in Coblenz. I have found very little, and would like to compile a more complete account of that time for him. After the fraternization ban was lifted, my grandfather met my grandmother (a German national) at a local dance held by the German Red Cross. They ended up marrying in 1920 and she emigrated with my grandfather in 1921 to United States. I am also looking for any information about the 1967 Society reunion where there were quite a few members from the 76th present as I remember as a child him talking about it. Any information you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Jeffrey Freeman JFree99877@aol.com I have attached several photos, and have more if you are interested. I also have a hard back book of the 3rd divisions service record from 1917 through 1919 which was printed in Germany and offered to all veterans of the 3rd back in 1922.
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| John Tesoro, Pvt, Co B 7th Reg. 3rd Infantry Division, | |||
This is the only information I have ever received about my uncle John
Tesoro, Pvt, Co B 7th Reg. 3rd Infantry Division, KIA Chateau Thierry,
France, June 15, 1918.
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Does anyone know who this WWI soldier is?
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Hi! My uncle, Walter Koppin was in the 3rd Infantry Division during WW1. He was in Company G, but I am not sure what regiment. I have some photos that I have attached and I am hopeful you might know the location and help me to determine which regiment he was in. He was in Europe Sep 1918 to Aug 1919. There is a local county "Honor Roll Book" that says he was in the "3rd Inf. 3rd Div" (se attached PDF file #14). However I can't find a 3rd Inf Regiment in the 3rd Division... so it must be a typo... maybe the 30th or 38th... Hopefuly the location can be determined from the photo... No names on the photos. I do have one of him and a number of others from the same location and would be happy to share them. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.
Larry
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 Unidentified 3ID soldier |
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 Walter Koppin and unidentified 3ID soldier |
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My Great
Grand Father was James Clyde Huggins he was with Company K 38th Infantry
3rd Division 1918-1919 WWI. Here are 2 pics. I'm looking for more pics
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Hello, I found your
website while doing some research on my great uncle Pvt Orval
Winfield Carter. Orval Winfield Carter was born March 12, 1894
in Dallas county Mo. and died Oct. 19, 1918 in Meuse-Argonne
France. He was the son of John Robert Carter and Loretta
Susannah Knight.
Orval Winfield Carter serial# 2,214,373 enlisted from Marshall Missouri on 09.21.1917. Organization served in, with dates assignments and transfers: CO K 356 INF 09.22.17 to 26 FEB 18; CH 4 INF to 01.14.18. Grades of Appt. PVT. Engagements: Wounds or other injuries received in action: Served overseas from 4.6.1918 to 10.14.1918 Honorably discharged In view of occupation he was, on date of discharge, departed Remarks: KILLED in action 10.14.1918; Father, John Carter, Marshal Mo. notified. Burial: Plot F Row 33 Grave 15 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Romange, France. Orval Winfield Carter died one month before the War to End all Wars was over. The Cemetery has his first name as Orval, I believe that was probably the way the French spelled it. I have attached the only photo we have of Orval. please feel free to post as you like. once again Thank you, Jennie Durao |
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Pvt. George H. Britton
Pvt. George H. Britton 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division,
was my Great-Uncle. He was from Pittsford, Michigan.
He was killed in France on October 21, 1918. He is buried
in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.
The attached picture is the only one we have of him in
uniform. I do not know when or where this picture was
taken.
Regards,
Bill Newcomer
Ada, MI USA neukomment @ yahoo.com
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Co. G 30th Infantry, 3rd Division Attached are the front and back scans of a
photograph of what I’m assuming is Co. G 30th
Infantry 3rd Division from WWI. My grandfather, Sgt.
Thomas Butler, is the individual with the X #3. I have his dog
tag and ID bracelet that gives his unit as Co. G 30th
Infantry 3rd Division. I would be interested is
hearing from anyone who is a descendent of the individuals in
the picture. My email address is
IDPA45@gmail.com. |
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| James Bolton Gross 7th Infantry Regiment during WW1 | |
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I just discovered your site and it is
fascinating! What a great tribute to these heroes! |
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Thank you for putting picture of
my Grandfather on the website. I never knew my grandfather. He had
passed when my father was a toddler. |
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| My great grandfather was Harry James Black. I
have provided the information on his Army Discharge document
information. We do not have any of his medals. Could someone write
back and detail which medals he might have received based on his
service record? I plan to make a shadow box of those medals and
present it to my father who is 87 years old now. I also have one other question regarding his service record; it shows being promoted to Sergeant but then shows him being discharged as a Private. Does this mean some sort of disciplinary incident or was it some kind of temporary battlefield promotion? He died about 10 years after the war (November 20, 1929); probably from mustard gas complications. My father remembers him as being very sick and sedentary the last year of his life. My family would be very proud to have our great grandfather mentioned on your website. I visit the site often. You have done a fantastic job. Thank you for any assistance in my questions. Please feel free to use the photographs on your site if you wish; we would be honored. Rock of the Marne! Respectfully, Robert Black black985@ comcast.net _____________ Harry J Black Serial Number: 548298 Race: W Residence: 1107 Vinal St., East Toledo, Ohio Enlistment Division: Regular Army Enlistment Location: Columbus Barracks, Ohio Enlistment Date: 22 Aug 1917 Birth Place: Kansas City, MO Birth Date / Age: 32 10/12 Years Assignments Comment: Co M 30 Infantry to 20 Aug 1918; Supply Company 30 Infantry to 6 Jan 1919; Veterinary Corps Headquarters Detachment 6 Brigade to Discharge Private, first class 1 Oct 1917; Corporal 1 Dec 1917; Sergeant 2 Jan 1918; Private 22 March 1918; Private, first class 21 Jan 1919. Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. American Expeditionary Forces 2 Apr 1918 to 23 Aug 1919. Honorable discharge 5 Sept 1919. |
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| I was assigned to 3rd ID headquarters (JAGC)
from1970-73 in Wurzburg. By coincidence, my wife's grandfather, Guy
Shearer, served with the 3rd Infantry in WWI. She has a professional
photograph of his unit in Germany which is inscribed "2d Bn. 38th
Inf. 3rd Div. (Marne) Review of July 14th, 1919 at Coblenz". Donald E. Shelton Circuit Judge Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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Hello I am attempting to learn more
my Grandfather's activities in World War One. Attached is a post war
picture of him, a picture of his unit, A picture of him and three
unknowns, a postcard of his return ship front and back. .I believe
he was in company C of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd but I am
not certain. I know he was wounded a couple of times from artillery
shrapnel / machine gunning and was gassed with mustard gas and he
was sickly most of the rest of his life and I remember many bouts of
cancer at the VA hospital he was active in the American Legion but
never discussed the War With me. |
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Picture of World War I soldiers
from "Rock Of The Marne" Regiment If you are interested in pictures
of 3-ID soldiers from WW-I, I have attached this picture of my
Father and three of his buddies. They were members of Co. L, 38th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division and had the distinction of
being known as "The Rock of the Marne." |
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I'm trying to find
information on a distant uncle of mine, Milton Albert Slater, whose
WWI registration card (from Peetz, CO) I've attached here. I've also
found an online record noting the following: |
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The attached photograph from a 1917 postcard
may be of interest since it is from the earliest days of the 10th
FA. |
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Camp Greene?
I am doing some research on a
picture I believe to be Camp Greene, NC the 3rd Infantry
Division.....I am wondering if these pictures are of this
place.... Also do you have any pictures of the camp?????? The
pictures that I have included is one long picture...I was not
able to take a long photo so I divided it into three.....Any
help that you can give me will be very welcomed
Thank you so very much
Jane Braunig
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Cottonbalers from WWI |
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Having served as a 1-7 Infantry "Cottonbaler",
1974-1979 in CSC (Redeye, Training NCO), & HHC (S3 Opns & Tng),
surfing your vast website is always a wonderful adventure thru
yesteryear!
While looking at some eBay auctions I had the
good fortune to literally stumble across the attached postcard
of some "Cottonbalers" from long before my tenure! Naturally, I
purchased it immediately to add to my small handful of
Cottonbaler items and wanted to forward the "pic" onto you.
I don't see an abundance of Cottonbaler pics at
your site, and would like to offer this one to hopefully be
included for all to enjoy.
Sincerely,
Mr. Tracy A. Pogue
Always a "Cottonbaler"
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Capt Nelson M. Holderman
Contributed by Guilles Guignard
www.dogface43.skyblog.com
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| I found your site looking for info on my Grandfather. You have done
a nice job. My grandfather was Madison Pearson. He was a Lt. Colonel with
3rd Division Infantry in WWI. He met my grandmother after he was wounded
in France. The photo pictures him (front row 3rd from left) I don't know
who any of the others are. I would like any information that you may
have on my grandfather.
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Lloyd Nelson Ellis - Wagoneer # 1140045. Born Feb. 13, 1894, Temple, Texas. Died Nov. 27, 1956. Buried Forest Park Cemetery, Shreveport, LA. Enlisted July 23, 1917 Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. |
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 Submitted as a tribute to my father as well as all who serve and served in the 3rd. Division. Lloyd D. Ellis San Antonio, Texas |
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I do not know the date of his being
awarded the Silver Star but I have a later letter. On his Silver Star
announcement "Ellis, Lloyd N. , Wagoner 1140045 Medical Department.
Soldier showed most courageous devotion to duty as an ambulance driver in
all operations of the 3rd. Division." |
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Throughout the War, Lloyd was with
Ambulance Company No. 7, first assigned to Fort Clark, Texas. |
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Campaign Medal with at least 4 bars: Asine-Marne, Meuse-Argonne,
Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and Belleau Woods. Both his Silver Star and the Campaign Medals are lost. |
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Andernach-am-Rhein (billeted at Koblenz Strasse, 5) with the Army of
Occupation.
Sailed home from Brest, France on the S.S. America Dec. 10, 1919. Discharged from Ft. Dix, NJ Christmas eve 1919 |
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Three out of four Ellis brothers serving in the Revolutionary War died at Valley Forge. |
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Attached are pictures of the Camp Pike Arkansas gate the depicted the
assignment of the 3rd Infantry Division. |
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THE 6TH INF. REG, 1919 PARIS, FRANCE,
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Thanks to James Paul Metz for these WWI Signal Corps photos that were in the book, “History of the Third Division United States Army in the World War for the Period December 1, 1917 to January 1, 1919”. His Grandfather, Henry Ray Metz served in the 3rd Infantry Division in WWI. I have made it my objective to share the history of the
Third Division with my dad (He served in the 13th Armored Division “Black
Cats”), my brother and our children. I would be interested in getting a
copy of any records that mention my grandfather’s participation in the
Division to which you may have access or to which you can direct me. Also,
if you could recognize the contribution of “Henry Ray Metz” to the Third
Division’s WWI campaign on your website it would be much appreciated. If
you do so please let me know so that I may call it to the attention of my
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Real photo postcards dating from just post WWI
to ca. 1920, of 3rd Division soldiers. The images are all believed to have
been taken at Camp Pike, Arkansas where the 3rd did garrison duty. Most have a
photography studio stamp that reads, “EWING, Inc., Official Photographers, Sixth
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| Photos contributed by Mitchy 3rd Division taken probably in US camp during WW1. |
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| Albert Smith 3rd Div., 7th Infantry Reg. from 1917 - 1919 |
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Albert Smith served as a Machine Gunner in the 3rd Div., 7th Infantry Reg. from 1917 - 1919. His service picture was taken in 1917 when he was 22 years old. The Division picture was taken in 1919. |
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| My name is Michael Stickney. I'm 25 years
old and a film student here in Arizona. I really like your site and the photo page. I was wondering if you could post a picture of my Great Grand Father, Albert Smith. He was in most of the major battles that the 3rd fought in and then did a tour with the Army of Occupation in Germany after the war. |
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his battles on his service record - Aisne Defensive - June 1-5 1918 Marne Sector - June 6 - 11 1918 Belleau Wood - June 15 - 23 1918 Marne Sector - July 1 - 4 1918 Champagne-Marne Defensive July 15 - 1918 (wounded twice) St. Mihiel Offensive Sept. 12 - 16 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive Sept. 26 - Oct. 29 1918 |
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World War I Photos Contributed by Mr. & Mrs. Gary G. Gassman |
| I have a 1934 Dodge 1 1/2 ton dump truck, which still retains the original 3rd Division, 4th Infantry Service Co. markings on the doors, (photos). Underneath this marking, (outlined), is another , much faded one that I, or anyone else, had been able to identify. Could you please point me to a possible source for this information. Any information would be greatly appreciated! Best Regards, David DeWeese Deweesetruck@aol.com |
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| 30th Infantry
Photos My grandfather was with the 30th Infantry in the early 1930’s. Here are some of his baseball team photos. His name was Robert John Stephen Lyman Sr. His service number is 6785388. I would like to know if there are any records where I can obtain more information on his time with the unit. Any help is much appreciated -thank you --Sean Lyman lyman007@sbcglobal.net |
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Christmas Menu from 1941 of the U.S.
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I recently came across on ebay a Christmas Menu from
1941 of the U.S. 30th Infantry and, it has quite a few early war photos of
the regiment when they were stationed at the Presidio in San Francisco. I
must say when I saw it I knew I had to have it and, fought like a man on a
mission to get it. My luck paid off and, I did win it so I am sending them
to you for the U.S. 3rd Division Society's website. So without further
adieu, here ya go: |
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Attached are pictures taken at Ft Lewis of the Hq 10th FA Bn personnel and 1940 Thanksgiving menu with personnel roster. My stepdad Gary Hyde is holding the US flag.
Richard W Randall
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Christmas 1941, Fort Lewis, Washington |
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I would like to submit my scans of the 1941
Christmas Dinner Program/Brochure for the 39th FA HQ & HQ Batt at Ft. Lewis. Mark Sheftick |
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| I'm the vice president of
the Rock of the Marne Association in France. (but I live in Geneva, Switzerland) Here are a few 3rd Div photos I found lately which you could put online! Best Gilles Gilles Guignard |
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