American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 40th Division

Fortieth Division - National Guard

 * Nickname: Sunshine Division
 * 40th Infantry Division (Wikipedia)
 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931 pp. 254-261; First image 261

The volume will include the following for each Regular Army (RA), National Guard (NG) and National Army (NA) or Draft division:
 * Division Commanders
 * Division Composition: Infantry and Field Artillery Brigades, Divisional Trains; Trains: Ammunition, Supply, Engineer, Sanitary (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals); Attached: short term unit attachments; Detached: units detached from the division
 * Division Chronology- Assignment: Army, Corps, Date; Division Headquarters: Location, Date
 * Record of Events: Organization and Movement Overseas; Completion of Organization in France; Record of Events: Training and Operations; Record of Events: Return to the United States and Demobilization

 National Archives Catalog
 * 40th Division Insignia NAID 5711932
 * American Expeditionary Forces Distinctive Cloth Insignia Chart
 * War Department. 40th Infantry Division 1926-4/7/1946

Troops Drawn

 * California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Kearny, California. 7.18.1917-10.31.11920
 * Camp Kearny, San Diego County
 * Register of Correspondence, 5/1917 - 9/1917
 * Correspondence, 5/1917 - 12/1917
 * General Correspondence, 1917 - 1920
 * General Orders, 6/1918 - 10/1920
 * Bulletins, 11/1918 - 10/1920
 * The Sunshine Division, as the 40th Division is known, was reviewed at Camp Kearny, San Diego, California, by many notables
 * Map of Camp Kearney (Kearny) - Linda Vista, California

Overseas Service

 * Arrived in France August 20, 1918

Major Operations

 * Replacement Division
 * Sixth Depot Division

Military Units attached to the Fortieth Division
79th Infantry Brigade 80th Infantry Brigade 65th Field Artillery Brigade Divisional Troops Trains
 * 157th Infantry
 * 158th Infantry
 * 144th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 159th Infantry
 * 160th Infantry
 * 145th  Machine Gun Battalion
 * 143rd Field Artillery
 * 144th Field Artillery
 * 145th Field Artillery - 1st Utah
 * 115th Trench Mortar Battery
 * 143rd Machine Gun Battalion
 * 115th Engineers
 * 115th Field Signal Battalion
 * Headquarters Troop
 * 115th Train HQ and Military Police
 * 115th Ammunition Train
 * 115th Supply Train
 * 115th  Engineer Train
 * 115th   Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 157-160

Unit Histories

 * History of the Fortieth (Sunshine) Division. Los Angeles, Calif.: C.S. Hutson & Co., 1920
 * The Complete Roster of the Fortieth Division. Camp Kearny. California. November 11, 1917. Calif.: Camp Kearny.: John Milledge, and WIlliam B. Tyler,n.d.
 * E.W. Crocker, ed.  History of the 145th Field Artillery Regiment of World War I, 8.5.1917 - 1.28.1919. Provo, Utah: J. Grant Stevenson, 1968. FHL 973 M25ce
 * Battery E 145th Field Artillery (1st Utah)Camp Kearny, Cal.
 * National Guard 145th Field Artillery Scrapbook, 1917-1918. Utah State Archives. Series 10339 Digital Images

Soldier Naturalization
The following naturalizations occurred in the in the state which provided soldiers to this division. Some of the naturalizations may have taken place at the training camp and others elsewhere. Soldiers in these collections may have also served in other divisions.
 * John J Newman. American naturalization processes and procedures, 1790-1985. pp. 15-16 will discuss naturalization of soldiers
 * Marian L. Smith. ‘’ ‘New Means and New Machinery:’ the problem of World War I soldier naturalization research.’’ NGS News Magazine (April/May/June,2005): 23-28


 * Correspondence Relating to Foreign Born Soldiers, 1918 - 1918

Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections

 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
 * United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
 * United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939
 * United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918

 California  Utah
 * California, Geographical and Name Index of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918
 * California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918
 * Utah, World War I Army Servicemen Records Abstracts, 1914-1918
 * Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918
 * Utah, World War I Service Questionnaires, 1914-1918
 * Utah, World War I Militia Lists, 1917-1918

Related FamilySearch Wiki Articles

 * Beginning United States World War I Research
 * United States World War I Infantry Divisions
 * World War I American Expeditionary Forces Table of Organization, 1917-1919
 * World War I United States Military Records, 1917 to 1918
 * California Military Records See World War I

Related Websites

 * United States World War One Centennial Commission
 * The National WWI Museum and Memorial Kansas City, MO.

Reference Sources

 * U.S. Army Center of Military History Campaigns: World War I
 * U.S.Army Center of Military History World War I Divisions: Then and Now