division 28

American Expeditionary Forces
	28th "Keystone" 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 Keystone of Pennsylvania was selected as its device.

[Excerpt from "The Iron Division."]

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Nickname

"Keystone" Division

Background

Pennsylvania National Guard units called into Federal Service on 15 July 1917, redesignated as the 27th Division on 18 July 1917. Division formed and trained at Camp Hancock, GA, from 19 August 1917 - 20 April 1918. Movement overseas completed by 11 June 1918.

Primary Units

55th Infantry Brigade:
109th Infantry Regiment
110th Infantry Regiment
108th Machine Gun Battalion

56th Infantry Brigade:
111th Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
109th Machine Gun Battalion

53d Field Artillery Brigade:
107th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
108th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm)
109th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
103d Trench Mortar Battery

Divisional Troops:
107th Machine Gun Battalion
103d Engineer Regiment
103d Field Signal Battalion
103d Train Headquarters and MP
103d Ammunition Train
103d Supply Train
103d Engineer Train
103d Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies & Field Hospitals 109, 110, 111, 112)

Campaign Participation

Campaign Streamers (most units):
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
Oise-Aisne
Meuse-Argonne
Champagne
Lorraine

Artillery units: Oise-Aisne, Ypres-Lys, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne, Lorraine

U. S. Victory Medal Clasps (most units):
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
Oise-Aisne
Meuse-Argonne
Defensive Sector

Product Flyers

DB 28-1: 28th Division, Division Histories, Vol. 1

DB 28-2: 28th Division, Division Histories, Vol. 2

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