20 SEP--This Day in US Military History

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:34:18 -0400

1917 – The 26th “Yankee” Division (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) becomes the first American division to arrive in Europe during World War I.

More than one million American soldiers and Marines will join them by war’s end in November 1918. All 18 National Guard divisions will serve in France, but only 11 see combat as intact units. Six others become “depot” divisions, serving as a source of replacements for casualties suffered by the frontline divisions.
One, the 93rd Division, composed of all of the Guard’s African American units, has each of its four regiments parceled out to three different French divisions because American army leadership did not want to mix black and white soldiers together.

https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/09/20/september-20/

September 20

20 September NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed across the nation on the third Friday of September each year (can fall on any date from the 14th to the 20...

Response by SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL made Sep 21 at 2015 8:37 AM

SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:37:41 -0400

MSG Private RallyPoint Member thanks as usual for the remembrance of all POWs MIA.

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Sep 21 at 2015 9:25 AM

SCPO David Lockwood — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:25:59 -0400

Thanks for sharing

Response by COL Randy Alicea made Sep 21 at 2015 11:17 PM

COL Randy Alicea — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:17:31 -0400

Not all the Army leadership. More like Gen. Pershing and in his defense of the times of racial inequality. But then again, he did command the 1st Black Horse back CAV during the Mexican Wars in the southwest. So was he a racist??

Response by PV2 Matthew Dzemske made Oct 7 at 2015 8:36 PM

PV2 Matthew Dzemske — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:36:54 -0400

Part of the 93rd DIV was the 185thd BDE, home of the 369th INF, the Harlem Hellfighters, which is the most decorated US unit of the war. US didn't want them in combat, but the French were used to fighting with their colonial troops and snatched them right up. To their delight (and I'm sure the US's chagrin (they fought incredibly well, which probably isn't as difficult when you've got Needham Roberts, George Robb, Vertner Tandy, and Goddamn Henry Lincoln Johnson in your Regiment!