division 29

American Expeditionary Forces
	29th "Blue & Gray" 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 divisional insignia is taken from the Korean symbol of good luck, and the personnel, partly from the north and partly from the south, was responsible for its name, the Blue and Gray Division, and for the colors of the insignia.

Nickname

"Blue and Gray" Division.

Background

On 18 July 1917, National Guard units from Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia and the District of Columbia were selected to form the 29th Division. Division concentrates and trains at Camp McClellan, AL, from 25 August 1917 - 25 May 1918. Movement overseas complete by 22 July 1918.

Primary Units

57th Infantry Brigade:
113th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
111th Machine Gun Battalion

58th Infantry Brigade:
115th Infantry Regiment
116th Infantry Regiment
112th Machine Gun Battalion

54th Field Artillery Brigade:
110th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
111th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
112th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm)
104th Trench Mortar Battery

Divisional Troops:
110th Machine Gun Battalion
104th Engineer Regiment
104th Field Signal Battalion
104th Train Headquarters and MP
104th Ammunition Train
104th Supply Train
104th Engineer Train
104th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies & Field Hospitals 113, 114, 115, 116)

Campaign Participation

Campaign Streamers (most units):
Meuse-Argonne
Alsace

Artillery units & 104th Ammunition Train:
none

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

Product Flyers

DB 29-1: 29th Division, Division Histories, Vol. 1

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