division 88

American Expeditionary Forces
	88th "Cloverleaf" Division

Product Flyers	Insignia	Nickname
Background	Primary Units	Campaign Participation

Insignia

[Excerpt from Wyllie, Col. Robert E. "The Romance of Military Insignia."
The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. XXXVI, No. 6. December, 1919. ]

The insignia was evolved by two figures "8" at right angles, the result being a four-leaf clover, representing the four States from which the personnel of the division came. It is in blue for the infantry and machine gun battalions, in red for the artillery, and in black for the remainder of the division.

Nickname

"Cloverleaf" Division.

Background

National Army Division established by the War Department on 5 August 1917 to be established at Camp Dodge, IA. Draftees were from Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota and Minnesota. Movement overseas commenced on 31 July 1918 and was completed by 9 September 1918.

Primary Units

175th Infantry Brigade:
349th Infantry Regiment
350th Infantry Regiment
338th Machine Gun Battalion

176th Infantry Brigade:
351st Infantry Regiment
352d Infantry Regiment
339th Machine Gun Battalion

163d Field Artillery Brigade:
337th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm)
338th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
339th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm)
313th Trench Mortar Battery

Divisional Troops:
337th Machine Gun Battalion
338th Engineer Regiment
313th Field Signal Battalion
313th Train Headquarters and MP
313th Ammunition Train
313th Supply Train
313th Engineer Train
313th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies & Field Hospitals 349, 350, 351, 352)

Campaign Participation

Campaign Streamers:
Alsace

163d Field Artillery Brigade: None

U. S. Victory Medal Clasps
(most units):
Defensive Sector

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