United States World War I Unit Histories

United States U.S. Military  World War I

Unit Histories
 Divisional Histories
 * United States World War I Infantry Divisions
 * American Expeditionary Forces Distinctive Cloth Insignia Chart
 * U.S. Army Center of Military History World War I Divisions: Then and Now


 * Society of the First Division. History of the First Division During the World War, 1917-1919. Philadelphia, Pa.: John C. Winston Co., 1922
 * Oliver L. Spaulding and John W. Wright. The Second Division,American Expeditionary Force in France,1917-1919. New York, Hillman, 1937
 * Frederick v. Hemenway. History of the Third Division, United States Army in the World War for the Period December 1, 1917 to January 1, 1919.
 * 3rd Division Summary of Operations
 * Christian A. Bach and Henry Noble Hall. The Fourth Division: Its Services and achievements in the World War,... (1920)
 * Kenyon Stevenson. The Official History of the Fifth Division U.S.A. Washington,D.C.: Society of the Fifth Division, 1919
 * Emerson G. Taylor. New England in France, 1917-1919: A History of the Twenty-Sixth Division U.S.A. Boston and New York: Houghton and Mifflin Co., 1920
 * John F. O'Ryan. The Story of the 27th Division. Vol. 1 New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford C0.,1921.
 * John F. O'Ryan. The Story of the 27th Division. Vol. 2 New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford C0.,1921.
 * Pennsylvania in the World War an illustrated history of the Twenty- Eighth Division. vol. 1 Pittsburgh, Pa.: States Publications Society, 1921.
 * Pennsylvania in the World War an illustrated history of the Twenty- Eighth Division. vol. 2 Pittsburgh, Pa.: States Publications Society, 1921.
 * John A. Cutchins. History of the Twenty-Ninth Division, Blue and Gray, 1917-1919... Philadelphia:Twenty-Ninth Division Historical Committee, 1921.
 * Wisconsin War History Commission. The 32nd Division in the World War, 1917-1919. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Print Co., 1920.
 * Frederic Louis Huidekoper. The History of the 33rd Division,A.E.F. 4 vols. Springfield, Illinois: Ill. State Historical Library, 1921.
 * Clair Kenamore. From Vauquois Hill to Exermont: a history of the Thirty-Fifth Division of the united states Army. St. Louis:Guard Publishing Co., 1919.
 * Charles B. Hoyt. Heroes of the Argonne: an authentic History of the Thirty-Fifth Division. Kansas City,Mo.: Franklin Hudson, 1919.
 * Clair Kenamore. From Vauquois Hill to Exermont. A History of the Third-Fifth Division of the United States Army. St. Louis, Mo.: Guard Publishing Co., 1919
 * Ben H. Chastaine. Story of the 36th: the Experiences of the 36th Division in the World War. Oklahoma City:Harlow Publishing Company, 1920.
 * Ralph D. Cole. The Thirty-Seventh Division in the World War,1917-1918. vol. 1 Columbus, Ohio: Thirty-Seventh Division Veterans Association, 1926.
 * Ralph D. Cole. The Thirty-Seventh Division in the World War,1917-1918. vol. 2 Columbus, Ohio: Thirty-Seventh Division Veterans Association, 1926.
 * Raymond S. Tompkins. The Story of the Rainbow Division. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919
 * History of the Seventy-Seventh Division, August 25, 1917 November 11, 1918:designed and written in the field- France. New York,New York: The 77th Division Association, 1919.
 * Arthur McKeogh.The Victorious 77th Division in the Argonne Fight (New York's Own)in the Argonne Fight. New York: john E. Eggers Co.,1919
 * Thomas F. Meehan. History of the Seventy-Eighth Division in the World War,1917-1919.New York:Dodd,Mead and Company, 1921.
 * 79th Division Association. History Committee.History of the Seventy-Seventh Division A.E.F. During the WORLD War:1917-1919.Lancaster,Pa.: Steinman & Steinman, 1922.
 * Official History of 82nd Division,American Expeditionary Forces,1917-1919:"All American Division. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1919.
 * John G. Little The Official History of the Eighty-Sixth Division. Chicago, Illinois: States Publications Society, 1921.
 * The 88th division in the World War of 1914-1918. New York, New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford, 1919.
 * George H English History of the 89th Division, U.S.A.: from its organization in 1917, through its operations in the World War, the occupation of Germany and unit demobilization in 1919. Kansas City, Missouri:The War Society of the 89th Division, 1920.
 * George Wythe. A History of the 90th Division. The 90th Division Association, 1920
 * Lonnie J. White. The 90th Division in World War I: the Texas-Oklahoma draft division in the great war. Manhattan,Kansas.Sunflower University Press, 1996
 * The Story of the 91st Division.San Mateo, Calif.:91st Division Publication Committee, 1919

Regimental Histories

 Cavalry
 * 17th Cavalry 6.30.1916-9.26.1921 Administrative History Note

 Infantry
 * 4th Infantry
 * 6th Infantry
 * 7th Infantry
 * 8th Infantry
 * 9th Infantry
 * 11th Infantry
 * 12th Infantry
 * 16th Infantry
 * 18th Infantry
 * 23rd Infantry
 * 26th Infantry
 * 28th Infantry
 * 30th Infantry
 * 34th Infantry
 * 38th Infantry
 * 39th Infantry
 * 39th Infantry
 * 47th Infantry
 * 51st Infantry
 * 52nd Infantry
 * 53rd Infantry
 * 54th Infantry
 * 55th Infantry
 * 56th Infantry
 * 58th Infantry
 * 59th Infantry
 * 60th Infantry
 * 61st Infantry
 * 63rd Infantry
 * 64th Infantry
 * 69th Infantry
 * 108th Infantry
 * 110th Infantry, 28th Division
 * 112th Infantry
 * 126th Infantry
 * 140th Infantry
 * 142nd Infantry
 * 168th Infantry
 * 305th Infantry
 * 307th Infantry
 * 313th Infantry
 * 315th Infantry
 * 318th Infantry
 * 328th Infantry
 * 436th Infantry
 * 346th Infantry
 * 350th Infantry
 * 353rd Infantry
 * 355th Infantry
 * 361st Infantry

 Engineers
 * 1st Engineers
 * 2nd Engineers
 * 4th Engineers
 * 5th Engineers
 * 6th Engineers
 * 7th Engineers
 * 105th Engineers
 * 302nd Engineers


 * 318th Engineers

Field Artillery
 * 5th Field Artillery
 * 6th Field Artillery
 * 7th Field Artillery
 * 10th Field Artillery
 * 11th Field Artillery
 * 12th Field Artillery
 * 13th Field Artillery
 * 15th Field Artillery
 * 16th Field Artillery
 * 17th Field Artillery
 * 18th Field Artillery
 * 19th Field Artillery
 * 20th Field Artillery
 * 21st Field Artillery
 * 76th Field Artillery
 * 77th Field Artillery
 * 114th Field Artillery
 * 304th Field Artillery
 * 307th Field Artillery
 * 313th Field Artillery
 * 324th Field Artillery
 * 341st Field Artillery
 * 346th Field Artillery

 Field Signal Battalions 
 * 1st Field Signal Battalion
 * 2nd Field Signal Battalion
 * 5th Field Signal Battalion
 * 6th Field Signal Battalion
 * 8th Field Signal Battalion
 * 9th Field Signal Battalion
 * 10th Field Signal Battalion

 Machine Gun Battalions   Signal Corps 
 * 1st Machine Gun Battalion
 * 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
 * 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
 * 4th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 5th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 7th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 9th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 10th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 11th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 12th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 13th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 14th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 15th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 16th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 17th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 18th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 19th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 20th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 21st Machine Gun Battalion
 * 347th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 405th Telegraph Battalion Signal Corps

Army Air Force

 * For information regarding official military unit histories, contact:

U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency 600 Chenault Circle Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424 Telephone: (334) 953-2395

Other internet sites with information about the US Air Force during WWI:

WWI Air Force - history and discussion of the air forces of various countries with links to specific US sites.

Army
For information regarding official military unit histories, contact:

U.S. Army Center of Military History 103 3rd Avenue Fort Lesley J. McNair, DC 20319-5058 Telephone: (202) 685-4042

Other internet sites with information about the US Army during WWI:


 * US Army - gives a brief history of the US Army during WWI
 * Encyclopedia of the First World War

Navy
For information regarding official military unit histories, contact:

U.S. Naval History &amp; Heritage Command Washington Navy Yard, Bldg 57 (3rd Floor) Washington, DC 20374 Telephone: (202) 433-3224

Other internet sites with information about Naval Aviation


 * World War I Era Naval Aviation Stations - lists the stations (mostly US) with a brief history of each.
 * Naval Aviation History - information about US navy aviation during WWI

Marine Corps
For information regarding official military unit histories, contact:

U.S. Marine Corps History Division 3078 Upshur Avenue Quantico, Virginia 22134 Telephone: (703) 432-4877


 * 5th Regiment
 * 6th Regiment
 * 6th Regiment
 * 6th Machine Gun Battalion

Coast Guard
For information regarding official military unit histories, contact:

U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office Commandant (CG-09224 U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters 2100 Second Street SW Washington, D.C. 20593