division 85

American Expeditionary Forces
	85th "Custer" 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. ]

It was known as the Custer Division, in honor of General Custer and also the camp at which it was trained, the insignia consisting of the initials C. D.

Nickname

"Custer" Division, for General George Armstrong Custer, and from Camp Custer, MI, where the division was formed.

Background

National Army Division established by the War Department on 5 August 1917 to be established at Camp Custer, MI. Draftees were from Michigan and Wisconsin. Movement overseas commenced on 11 July 1918 and was completed by 11 August 1918. On 28 July 1918, the division was designated as the 4th Depot Division. Pulled from the 85th Division, the 339th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion 310th Engineers, 337th Ambulance Company and 337th Field Hospital form the AEF in North Russia.

Primary Units

169th Infantry Brigade:
337th Infantry Regiment
338th Infantry Regiment
329th Machine Gun Battalion

170th Infantry Brigade:
339th Infantry Regiment
340th Infantry Regiment
330th Machine Gun Battalion

160th Field Artillery Brigade:
328th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
329th Field Artillery Regiment (75mm)
330th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm)
310th Trench Mortar Battery

Divisional Troops:
328th Machine Gun Battalion
310th Engineer Regiment
310th Field Signal Battalion
310th Train Headquarters and MP
310th Ammunition Train
310th Supply Train
310th Engineer Train
310th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies & Field Hospitals 337, 338, 339, 340)

Campaign Participation

Campaign Streamers (Division):
None

339th Infantry Regiment: Russia

328th Field Artillery, 329th Field Artillery & 310th Trench Mortar: Lorraine

1st Battalion, 310th Engineers: Russia
2d Battalion, 310th Engineers: St. Mihiel, Lorraine, Meuse-Argonne

310th Field Signal Battalion: Lorraine, St. Mihiel

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

(some units credited with service separate from the division)

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