division 83

American Expeditionary Forces
	83d "Ohio" 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 of Ohio in monogram.

Nickname

"Ohio" Division.

Background

National Army Division established by the War Department on 5 August 1917 to be established at Camp Sherman, OH. Draftees were from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Movement overseas commenced on 24 May 1918 and was completed by 28 June 1918. On 27 June 1918, the 83d Division was designated as the 2d Depot Division. The 332d Infantry, 158th Artillery Brigade, 308th Ammunition Train, 308th Engineers, 308th Field Signal Battalion, 308th Trench Mortar Battery and 308th Sanitary Train are detached and function as army and corps units.

Primary Units

165th Infantry Brigade:
329th Infantry Regiment
330th Infantry Regiment
323d Machine Gun Battalion

166th Infantry Brigade:
331st Infantry Regiment
332d Infantry Regiment
324th Machine Gun Battalion

158th Field Artillery Brigade:
322d Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
323d Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
324th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm)
308th Trench Mortar Battery

Divisional Troops:
322d Machine Gun Battalion
308th Engineer Regiment
308th Field Signal Battalion
308th Train Headquarters and MP
308th Ammunition Train
308th Supply Train
308th Engineer Train
308th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies & Field Hospitals 329, 330, 331, 332)

Campaign Participation

Campaign Streamers (most units):
None

332d Infantry:
Vittorio-Veneto, Venetia

158th Field Artillery Brigade & 308th Ammunition Train: Meuse-Argonne

308th Engineer Regiment: Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne

308th Field Signal Battalion: Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne

U. S. Victory Medal Clasps (Division):
France

(some units credited for service separate from the division)

Product Flyers

DB 83-1: 83d Division, Unit Histories, Vol. 1

DB 332-1: 332d Infantry Regiment, Vol. 1

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