division 90

American Expeditionary Forces
	90th "Alamo" 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 consists of the letters T and O in monogram, the initials of two of the States from which the personnel came.

[Excerpt from division history]

The two States, Texas and Oklahoma, furnished the men who originally composed the Division, although every State in the Union later came to be represented in its ranks. The spirit of these two States characterized the Division throughout its battle career, as was symbolized by the Division insignia, a monogram "T-O," adopted in France. It was quite fitting that these two States be merged into one fighting unit. The Republic of Texas embraced a large portion of the territory which later became Oklahoma, and many settlers in the latter State had originally been Texans. Together they represented the spirit, the aggressiveness, the manhood of the great Southwest.

Nickname

"Alamo" Division, from the Alamo in San Antonio, TX, which was in the vicinity of the division's training camp.

Background

National Army Division established by the War Department on 5 August 1917 to be established at Camp Travis, TX. Draftees were from Oklahoma and Texas. Movement overseas commenced on 5 June 1918 and was completed by 17 July 1918.

Primary Units

179th Infantry Brigade:
357th Infantry Regiment
358th Infantry Regiment
344th Machine Gun Battalion

180th Infantry Brigade:
359th Infantry Regiment
360th Infantry Regiment
345th Machine Gun Battalion

165th Field Artillery Brigade:
343d Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
344th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
345th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm)
315th Trench Mortar Battery

Divisional Troops:
343d Machine Gun Battalion
315th Engineer Regiment
315th Field Signal Battalion
315th Train Headquarters and MP
315th Ammunition Train
315th Supply Train
315th Engineer Train
315th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies & Field Hospitals 357, 358, 359, 360)

Campaign Participation

Campaign Streamers (most units):
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Lorraine

165th Field Artillery Brigade & 315th Ammunition Train: None

U. S. Victory Medal Clasps (most units):
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Defensive Sector

Product Flyers

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