American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 40th Division

Fortieth Division - National Guard

 * Nickname: Sunshine Division
 * 40th Infantry Division (Wikipedia)
 * Composition of National Guard Divisions and Disposition of Former National Guard Units 1917. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918.
 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931 pp. 254-261; First image 261

The volume will include the following for each Regular Army (RA), National Guard (NG) and National Army (NA) or Draft division:
 * Division Commanders
 * Division Composition: Infantry and Field Artillery Brigades, Divisional Trains; Trains: Ammunition, Supply, Engineer, Sanitary (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals); Attached: short term unit attachments; Detached: units detached from the division
 * Division Chronology- Assignment: Army, Corps, Date; Division Headquarters: Location, Date
 * Record of Events: Organization and Movement Overseas; Completion of Organization in France; Record of Events: Training and Operations; Record of Events: Return to the United States and Demobilization

 National Archives Catalog
 * 40th Division Insignia NAID 5711932
 * American Expeditionary Forces Distinctive Cloth Insignia Chart
 * War Department. 40th Infantry Division 1926-4/7/1946

Troops Drawn

 * California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Kearny, California. 7.18.1917-10.31.11920
 * Camp Kearny, San Diego County
 * Register of Correspondence, 5/1917 - 9/1917
 * Correspondence, 5/1917 - 12/1917
 * General Correspondence, 1917 - 1920
 * General Orders, 6/1918 - 10/1920
 * Bulletins, 11/1918 - 10/1920
 * The Sunshine Division, as the 40th Division is known, was reviewed at Camp Kearny, San Diego, California, by many notables
 * Map of Camp Kearney (Kearny) - Linda Vista, California

Overseas Service

 * Arrived in France August 20, 1918

Major Operations

 * Replacement Division
 * Sixth Depot Division

Military Units attached to the Fortieth Division
79th Infantry Brigade 80th Infantry Brigade 65th Field Artillery Brigade Divisional Troops Trains
 * 157th Infantry - 1st Colorado Infantry and 1st Colorado Cavalry
 * 158th Infantry
 * 144th Machine Gun Battalion
 * (2nd, 5th and 7th California Infantry; detachment f California cavalry)
 * 159th Infantry
 * 160th Infantry
 * 145th  Machine Gun Battalion
 * (1st and 2nd California and 1st Utah Field Artillery Regiments)
 * 143rd Field Artillery
 * 144th Field Artillery
 * 145th Field Artillery - 1st Utah
 * 115th Trench Mortar Battery
 * 143rd Machine Gun Battalion - First & Second Battalions, First New Mexico Infantry
 * 115th Engineers
 * 115th Field Signal Battalion
 * Headquarters Troop
 * 115th Train HQ and Military Police
 * 115th Ammunition Train
 * 115th Supply Train
 * 115th Engineer Train
 * 115th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 157-160

Unit Histories

 * History of the Fortieth (Sunshine) Division. Los Angeles, Calif.: C.S. Hutson & Co., 1920
 * The Complete Roster of the Fortieth Division. Camp Kearny. California. November 11, 1917. Calif.: Camp Kearny.: John Milledge, and WIlliam B. Tyler,n.d.
 * E.W. Crocker, ed.  History of the 145th Field Artillery Regiment of World War I, 8.5.1917 - 1.28.1919. Provo, Utah: J. Grant Stevenson, 1968. FS Library 973 M25ce
 * Battery E 145th Field Artillery (1st Utah)Camp Kearny, Cal.
 * National Guard 145th Field Artillery Scrapbook, 1917-1918. Utah State Archives. Series 10339 Digital Images

Soldier Naturalization

 * John J Newman. American naturalization processes and procedures, 1790-1985. pp. 15-16 will discuss naturalization of soldiers
 * Marian L. Smith. ‘’ ‘New Means and New Machinery:’ the problem of World War I soldier naturalization research.’’ NGS News Magazine (April/May/June,2005): 23-28

Naturalizations may have occurred in the in the state which provided soldiers to this division. Some of the naturalizations may have taken place at the training camp or other courts.
 * United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918
 * United States, World War I Correspondence Relating to Foreign Born Soldiers, 1917-1921 Training Camps
 * California. Superior Court. San Diego County. Military Petitions for Naturalization, June 3, 1918–June 4, 1919 Includes Fort Rosecrans, Rockwell Field, Camp Taliaferro, Camp Kearny.

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
 * United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
 * United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939
 * United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918

 California  Utah
 * California, Geographical and Name Index of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918
 * California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918
 * Utah, World War I Army Servicemen Records Abstracts, 1914-1918
 * Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918
 * Utah, World War I Service Questionnaires, 1914-1918
 * Utah, World War I Militia Lists, 1917-1918

Related FamilySearch Wiki Articles

 * Beginning United States World War I Research
 * United States World War I Infantry Divisions
 * World War I American Expeditionary Forces Table of Organization, 1917-1919
 * World War I United States Military Records, 1917 to 1918
 * California Military Records See World War I

Related Websites

 * United States World War One Centennial Commission
 * The National WWI Museum and Memorial Kansas City, MO.

Reference Sources

 * U.S. Army Center of Military History Campaigns: World War I
 * U.S.Army Center of Military History World War I Divisions: Then and Now