Posted on Apr 27, 2018
The Third Division in the Coetquidan Training Area, April 27 - May 31, 1918
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Camp Coëtquidan (Camp de Coëtquidan) is a French military educational facility located in the Morbihan department of Brittany in France. It forms a part of the commune of Guer and covers an area of approximately 64 km.
Beginning in June–July 1917 the camp was temporarily transferred to the American Expeditionary Forces for use as an artillery training center. Field artillery brigades trained there included the 3rd (3rd Division), 51st (26th Division), 55th (30th Division), 56th (31st Division), 57th (32nd Division), 60th (35th Division), 61st (36th Division), 64th (39th Division), 67th (42nd Division), 158th (83rd Division), and the 160th (85th Division)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co%C3%ABtquidan
Published on May 3, 2017
Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (9/18/1947 - 3/1/1964) (Most Recent)
Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985
Production Date: 1936
Scope and Content: The 8th Machine Gun Bn. returns to billets at Orges, France. Supply trains leave for the front. Gens. Dickman and Brewster review the 38th Inf. at Coupray and the 7th Inf. at St. Martin. Gen. Dickman inspects the 30th Inf. on a road between Latrecey and Arc-en-Barrois.
Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM)
National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
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National Archives Identifier: 24814
Local Identifier: 111-H-1311
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24814
History of the Third division, United States army, in the world war : for the period, December 1, 1917, to January 1, 1919"
https://archive.org/stream/historyofthirddi00unse/historyofthirddi00unse_djvu.txt
Beginning in June–July 1917 the camp was temporarily transferred to the American Expeditionary Forces for use as an artillery training center. Field artillery brigades trained there included the 3rd (3rd Division), 51st (26th Division), 55th (30th Division), 56th (31st Division), 57th (32nd Division), 60th (35th Division), 61st (36th Division), 64th (39th Division), 67th (42nd Division), 158th (83rd Division), and the 160th (85th Division)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co%C3%ABtquidan
Published on May 3, 2017
Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (9/18/1947 - 3/1/1964) (Most Recent)
Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985
Production Date: 1936
Scope and Content: The 8th Machine Gun Bn. returns to billets at Orges, France. Supply trains leave for the front. Gens. Dickman and Brewster review the 38th Inf. at Coupray and the 7th Inf. at St. Martin. Gen. Dickman inspects the 30th Inf. on a road between Latrecey and Arc-en-Barrois.
Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM)
National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: [login to see] , Fax: [login to see] , Email: [login to see]
National Archives Identifier: 24814
Local Identifier: 111-H-1311
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24814
History of the Third division, United States army, in the world war : for the period, December 1, 1917, to January 1, 1919"
https://archive.org/stream/historyofthirddi00unse/historyofthirddi00unse_djvu.txt
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