WW1 US ARMY 79TH DIVISION 304TH AMMO TRAIN (HORSE) WAGON DRIVER GROUPING. WW1 US NATIONAL ARMY 79TH DIVISION 304TH (HORSE) WAGON DRIVER GROUPING OF 3 ITEMS. The 79th division was first activated at Camp Meade, Maryland in August 1917, composed primarily of draftees from Maryland and Pennsylvania.
After a year of training the division sailed overseas in July 1918. The 79th Division saw extensive combat in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive area where it earned the name of "Cross of Lorraine" for their defense of France. Throughout its entire World War I campaign, the division suffered 6,874 casualties with 1,151 killed and 5,723 wounded. Private Henry Gunther, the last American soldier to be killed in action during World War I, served with the 313th Infantry Regiment of the 79th Division.
NATIONAL ARMY 79TH DIVISION (HORSE) WAGON COMPANY No. 1, 304TH AMMUNITION TRAIN TEAMSTER DRIVER APPOINTMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPH GROUPING. A ORIGINAL PERIOD FRAMED SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF WW1 U. 1, 304TH AMMUNITION TRAIN SERGEANT JOHN B. MARQUETTE WEARING HIS UNIFORM WITH U.(UNITED STATES NATIONAL ARMY) COLLAR DISK, M1913 CAMPAIGN HAT WITH' ORDNANCE SERGEANT' HAT CORD (BLACK PIPED WITH SCARLET) AND SERGEANT STRIPES. PHOTO'S OUTER FRAME DIMENSIONS: L 17 1/16" x H 11 1/16". SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST CONDITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH AND ITS ORIGINAL FRAME ARE EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME LIGHT FLAKES OF DUST ON THE INSIDE GLASS FROM ITS 106 + YEARS.
PHOTOGRAPHERS NAME ON THE LOWER CENTER MOUNT. B ORIGINAL PERIOD FRAMED WW1 US NATIONAL ARMY APPOINTMENT TO WW1 U. NATIONAL ARMY (79TH DIVISION) (HORSE) WAGON COMPANY No. 1, 304TH AMMUNITION TRAIN CORPORAL JOHN B.OUTER FRAME DIMENSIONS: L 11 1/4" x H 9 1/16" DATED NOVEMBER 17,1917. C ORIGINAL PERIOD FRAMED WW1 US NATIONAL ARMY APPOINTMENT TO WW1 U. OUTER FRAME DIMENSIONS: L 11 1/4" x H 9 1/16".