American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 40th Division

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Fortieth Division - National Guard

 * War Department. 40th Infantry Division 1926-4/7/1946
 * Nickname:Sunshine Division
 * Sixth Depot Division
 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931

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

Major Operations

 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces

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
 * 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.

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

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

Related Websites

 * National Guard 145th Field Artillery Scrapbook, 1917-1918. Utah State Archives. Series 10339 Digital Images
 * United States World War One Centennial Commission
 * The National WWI Museum and Memorial Kansas City, MO.

Reference Sources

 * American Expeditionary Forces Distinctive Cloth Insignia Chart
 * 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