American Expeditionary Forces
93d Division (Provisional)
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93d Division (Provisional) |
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| Background | Primary Units | Campaign Participation |
[Excerpt from Wyllie, Col. Robert E. "The
Romance of Military Insignia."
The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. XXXVI, No. 6. December, 1919. ]
The official insignia is a French helmet, but a bloody hand, said to have been assumed from the insignia of a French colored colonial division with which the Ninety-third operated, was more common in actual practice.
"Red Hand" Division.
The 93d, a colored division staffed with white officers, never fought as a unit. Directed to be organized on 23 November 1917, a staff was created and trained at Camp Stuart. The regiments moved overseas from 12 December 1917 to 22 April 1918, and fought under French control.
185th Infantry Brigade:
369th Infantry Regiment
370th Infantry Regiment
186th Infantry Brigade:
371st Infantry Regiment
372d Infantry Regiment
Field Artillery Brigade: None
Divisional Troops: None
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Campaign Streamers: 369th Infantry: Champagne-Marne, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne, Alsace 370th Infantry: Oise-Aisne, Lorraine 371st Infantry: Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine, Alsace 372d Infantry: Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine, Alsace |
DB 93-1: 93d Division, Regimental Histories, Vol. 1
DB PA-1: The American Negro in the World War
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