American Expeditionary Forces

8th Division (Regular)
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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. ]

It received the name of the Pathfinder Division, which is represented in the insignia by the gold arrow, pointing upward.


Nickname

"Pathfinder" Division

Background

Authorized 17 December 1917 to be formed from Regular Army units, formed from 17 December 1917 to 17 October 1918.  Movement overseas completed 9 November 1918.

Primary Units

15th Infantry Brigade:
12th Infantry Regiment
62d Infantry Regiment
23d Machine Gun Battalion

16th Infantry Brigade:
8th Infantry Regiment
13th Infantry Regiment
24th Machine Gun Battalion

8th Field Artillery Brigade:
2d Field Artillery Regiment (155mm)
81st Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
83d Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
8th Trench Mortar Battery

Divisional Troops:
22d Machine Gun Battalion
319th Engineers
320th Field Signal Battalion
8th Train Headquarters and MP
8th Ammunition Train
8th Supply Train
319th Engineer Train
8th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies & Field Hospitals 11, 31, 32, 43)

Campaign Participation

 

 

Campaign Streamers (most units):
(None)

 

U. S. Victory Medal Clasps (most units):
(None)

 

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