1914-1918 *WW I* ~PRIVATE ERNEST F. CLARENCE~ (CO. H, 18TH 1ST DIVISION) PHOTO!

Description: 1914 - 1918 ***WORLD WAR I*** ~PRIVATE ERNEST F. CLARENCE~ {COMPANY H, 18TH INFANTRY, 1ST DIVISION} UNITED STATES ARMY ... ORIGINAL FOLD-OUT BLACK AND WHITE FRAMED/COVER PHOTO OF PRIVATE CLARENCE POSING IN UNIFORM ... PHOTOGRAPH BY: NEWELL, KENOSHA, WISCONSIN! (Approximate dimensions of photo: 4" x 6". Approximate dimension with opened framed cover: 14 3/8" x 11). Very clean early military related photograph! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________1st Infantry DivisionInsignia of the 1st Infantry DivisionActive24 May 1917 - presentCountryUnited StatesBranchUnited States ArmyTypeCombined armsSizeDivisionPart ofIII Armored CorpsGarrison/HQFort Riley, KansasNickname(s)"The Big Red One"[1](abbreviated "BRO"[2]) "The Bloody First"Motto(s)No Mission Too Difficult. No Sacrifice Too Great. Duty First!March"The Big Red One Song"[3]Mascot(s)RagsEngagementsWorld War IMontdidier-NoyonAisne-MarneSt. MihielMeuse-ArgonneWorld War IIAlgeria-French MoroccoTunisiaOperation HuskyOperation OverlordNorthern FranceRhinelandArdennes-AlsaceCentral EuropeVietnam WarTet OffensiveGulf WarOperation Desert StormBattle of 73 EastingBattle of NorfolkGlobal War on TerrorismIraq WarFirst Battle of FallujahSecond Battle of FallujahBattle of RamadiWar in AfghanistanOperation Enduring FreedomOperation Freedom's SentinelOperation Inherent ResolveWebsite1id.army.mil LeadershipCommandersCommanding GeneralMajor General John V. Meyer IIIDeputy Commanding GeneralBrigadier General Niave F. KnellCommand Sergeant MajorCommand Sergeant MajorDerek NoyesNotable commandersList of commandersInsigniaSubdued shoulder sleeve insignia, worn on ACUCombat Service Identification BadgeDistinctive unit insigniaFlag[4]1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One"(1942–1945)US Infantry DivisionsPreviousNextNone2nd Infantry DivisionThe 1st Infantry Division (1ID) is a combined arms division of the United States Army, and is the oldest continuously serving division in the Regular Army.[5] It has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917 during World War I.[6] It was officially nicknamed "The Big Red One"(abbreviated "BRO"[2]) after its shoulder patch[6] and is also nicknamed "The Fighting First."[6] The division has also received troop monikers of "The Big Dead One" and "The Bloody First" as puns on the respective officially sanctioned nicknames.[7] It is currently based at Fort Riley, Kansas.World War IA few weeks after the American entry into World War I, the First Expeditionary Division, later designated the 1st Infantry Division, was constituted on 24 May 1917, in the Regular Army, and was organized on 8 June 1917, at Fort Jay, on Governors Island in New York harbor under the command of Brigadier General William L. Sibert, from Army units then in service on the Mexico–United States border and at various Army posts throughout the United States. The original table of organization and equipment (TO&E) included two organic infantry brigades of two infantry regiments each, one engineer battalion; one signal battalion; one trench mortar battery; one field artillery brigade of three field artillery regiments; one air squadron; and a full division train. The total authorized strength of this TO&E was 18,919 officers and enlisted men. George S. Patton, who served as the first headquarters commandant for the American Expeditionary Forces, oversaw much of the arrangements for the movement of the 1st Division to France, and their organization in-country. Frank W. Coe, who later served as Chief of Coast Artillery, was the division's first chief of staff.The first units sailed from New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey, on 14 June 1917.[8]Throughout the remainder of the year, the rest of the division followed, landing at St. Nazaire, France, and Liverpool, England. After a brief stay in rest camps, the troops in England proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre. The last unit arrived in St. Nazaire 22 December. Upon arrival in France, the division, less its artillery, was assembled in the First (Gondrecourt) training area, and the artillery was at Le Valdahon.Red Cross nurses serving bread and coffee to doughboys of the 16th Infantry, 1st Division, upon their arrival in Paris, July 4, 1917.On 4 July, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry,[9] paraded through the streets of Paris to bolster the sagging French spirits. An apocryphal story holds that at Lafayette's tomb, to the delight of the attending Parisians, Captain Charles E. Stanton of the division's 16th Infantry Regiment stepped forward and declared, "Lafayette, nous sommes ici! [Lafayette, we are here!]" Two days later, on 6 July, Headquarters, First Expeditionary Division was redesignated as Headquarters, First Division, American Expeditionary Forces.General John J. Pershing, Commander'in-Chief of the AEF, and Major General Charles P. Summerall, commander of the 1st Division, inspecting doughboys of the 16th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, in France, September 7, 1918.On 8 August 1917, the 1st Division adopted the "square" Table of Organization and Equipment (TO&E), which specified two organic infantry brigades of two infantry regiments each; one engineer regiment; one signal battalion; one machine gun battalion; one field artillery brigade of three field artillery regiments, and a complete division train. The total authorized strength of this new TO&E was 27,120 officers and enlisted men.On the morning of 23 October, the first American shell of the war was fired toward German lines by a First Division artillery unit. Two days later, the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Infantry suffered the first American casualties of the war.By April 1918, the German Army had pushed to within 40 miles (64 km) of Paris. In reaction to this thrust, the division moved into the Picardy Sector to bolster the exhausted French First Army. To the division's front lay the small village of Cantigny, situated on the high ground overlooking a forested countryside. The 28th Infantry Regiment[10] attacked the town, and within 45 minutes captured it along with 250 German soldiers. It was the first American victory of the war. The 28th was thereafter named the "Black Lions of Cantigny."[10]First Division monument on the Meuse-Argonne Battlefield, France.Soissons was taken by the 1st Division in July 1918. The Soisson's victory was costly – 700 men were killed or wounded. (One of them, Private Francis Lupo of Cincinnati, was missing in action for 85 years, until his remains were discovered on the former battlefield in 2003).[11] The 1st Division took part in the first offensive by an American army in the war, and helped to clear the Saint-Mihiel salient by fighting continuously from 11 to 13 September 1918. The last major World War I battle was fought in the Meuse-Argonne Forest. The division advanced a total of seven kilometers and defeated, in whole or part, eight German divisions. This victory was mainly due to the efforts of George C. Marshall, who began the war as the division's Deputy Chief of Staff before being elevated to G-3 for the entire AEF in July 1918. Combat operations ended with the implementation of the terms of the Armistice on 11 November 1918. At the time the division was at Sedan, the farthest American penetration of the war, and was the first to cross the Rhine into occupied Germany.By the end of the war, the division had suffered 4,964 killed in action, 17,201 wounded in action, and 1,056 missing or died of wounds. Five division soldiers received Medals of Honor.The division's dog mascot was a mixed-breed terrier known as Rags. Rags was adopted by the division in 1918 and remained its mascot until his death in 1936. Rags achieved notoriety and celebrity as a war dog, after saving many lives in the crucial Argonne Campaign by delivering a vital message despite being bombed and gassed.Order of battleAssigned unitsHeadquarters, 1st Division1st Infantry Brigade16th Infantry Regiment18th Infantry Regiment2nd Machine Gun Battalion2nd Infantry Brigade26th Infantry Regiment28th Infantry Regiment3rd Machine Gun Battalion1st Field Artillery Brigade5th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm)6th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm)7th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm)1st Trench Mortar Battery1st Machine Gun Battalion1st Engineer Regiment2nd Field Signal BattalionHeadquarters Troop, 1st Division1st Train Headquarters and Military Police1st Ammunition Train1st Supply Train1st Engineer Train1st Sanitary Train2nd, 3rd, 12th, and 13th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals)1st Military Police Company, 1st Infantry Division.World War I order of battleAttached unitsEn route to France and in 1st (Gondrecourt) Training Area(as of 9 June – 23 September 1917)5th Regiment USMC1st Battalion, 2nd Engineers (2nd Division)Cantigny Sector, at times from 27 April to 7 July 1918French 228th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm)French 253d Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm)1st and 2nd Battalions of the French 258th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm)4th Battalion, Fr 301st Artillery Regiment (155 mm)One battery, French 3rd Cl Artillery Regiment (155 mm)3rd and 4th Battalions, French 284th Artillery Regiment (220 mm)2nd Battalion, French 289th Artillery Regiment (220 mm)One battery, Fr 3d Cl Artillery Regiment (220 mm)6th Battalion, Fr 289th Artillery Regiment (280 mm)Two batteries Fr TM (58 mm)One battery Fr TM (150 mm)One battery Fr TM (240 mm)Fr 5th Tank Battalion (12 tanks)Aisne-Marne Operation(as of 18–23 July 1918)Fr 42d Aero SqFr 83d Bln CompanyFr 253d FA-Portée (75 mm)Fr 11th and 12th Groups of TanksSaizerais Sector(as of 8–24 August 1918)Fr 258th Aero Sq6th and 7th Bln Companies3 batteries Fr 247th FA- PortéePreceding and during the Saint-Mihiel Operation, at times from 8–14 September 19188th Observation Sq9th Bln Company58th Field Artillery Brigade and 108th Am Tn (33d Division)76th Field Artillery (3d Division) (75 mm)Two batteries, 44th CA (8")Troops D, F, and H, 2nd CavalryTwo platoons, Company A, 1st Gas Regiment (Eight mortars)Two infantry battalions (42nd Division)6th Infantry Brigade (3nd[clarification needed] Division)Two companies, 51st Pioneer Infantry7th MG Battalion (3d Division)49 tanks of 1st Tank BrigadeMeuse-Argonne Operation(as of 1–2 October 1918)60th Field Artillery Brigade110th Am Tn (35th Division)(as of 1–12 October 1918)1st Aero Squadron2d Bln CompanyFr 219th Field Artillery (75 mm)Fr 247th Field Artillery (6 batteries 75 mm)Fr 5th Battalion 282d Artillery (220 mm)Provisional Squadron, 2d CavalryCompany C, 1st Gas RegimentCompany C, 344th Tank Battalion, 1st Tank Brigade (16 tanks)Companies B and C, 345th Tank Battalion, 1st Tank Brigade (16 tanks)(as of 7 October 1918)362d Infantry (91st Division)(as of 8–11 October 1918)181st Infantry Brigade (91st Division)Coblenz Bridgehead14th Bln Company (18–30 June 1919)MG elements, Fr 2d Cavalry Division (18–30 June 1919)4th MG Battalion (2d Division) 18–29 June 19197th MG Battalion (3d Division) 20–30 June 1919Detached serviceThe 1st Infantry Division entering Trier, Germany, November 1918.At Le Valdahon 22 August – 18 October 1917 with 15th (Scottish) Division during the Second Battle of the Aisne, 24 July 1918 with U.S. 90th Division1st Field Artillery Brigade1st Am TnWith the 15th (Scottish) Division during Aisne-Marne Operation 24 July 1918 in Saizerais (Villers-en-Haye) Sector 24–28 August 1918; with 42nd Division in Meuse-Argonne Operation 13–31 October 1918; with 2nd Division in Meuse-Argonne Operation 1–4 November 1918.1st Sn TnWith III Corps 28 September – 2 October 19181st EngineersWith American forces in Germany after 9 August 1919.2d, 6th Field ArtilleryCompany A, 1st EngineersCompanies A, B, C, D, 1st Sup TnF Hosp 13[12] ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We strive to find rare and unusual vintage pieces to match up with your special collection. 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