American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 77th Division

Seventy-Seventh Division - National Army

 * Nickname: Metropolitan Division
 * Native Americans Serving with the Seventy-Seventh Division. NARA NAID 34394258
 * American Expeditionary Forces. 77th Division. Lost Battalion. 10/1918-10/1918


 * Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931
 * Pigeon Message from Major Whittlesey to the Commanding Officer of the 308th Infantry NAID 595541
 * The Operation of the So-Called "Lost Battalion", October 2 to 8, 1918.

Troops Drawn
Selective Service (Draft) New York City and vicinity

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp Upton, New York. 1917 - 6.30.1946]

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France: April I7-May 12. 1918.
 * French training area: Pas de Calais, Camp de Souge.'
 * Date entered line: Aug. 11-12, 1918. Baecarat Sector.
 * Days in Quiet (47) and Active (66) Sectors. Total 113.
 * Date sailed for home: April 17, 1918.

Major Operations

 * Champagne-Marne Defensive.
 * Aisrte-Marne Offensive.
 * St. Mihiel.
 * Meuse-Argonne.
 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces pp. 28-30
 * Summaries of Operations 77th Division
 * 77th Division Maps

Military Units attached to the Seventy-Seventh Division
153rd Infantry Brigade 154th Infantry Brigade 152nd Field Artillery Brigade Divisional Troops  Trains 
 * 305th Infantry
 * 306th Infantry
 * 305th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 307th Infantry
 * 308th Infantry
 * 306th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 304th Field Artillery
 * 305th Field Artillery
 * 306th Field Artillery
 * 302nd Trench Mortar Battery
 * 304th  Machine Gun Battalion
 * 302nd Engineers
 * 302nd Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troop
 * 302nd  Train HQ and Military Police
 * 302nd  Ammunition Train
 * 302nd Supply Train
 * 302nd  Engineer Train
 * 302nd Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 305-308

Unit Histories

 * History of the Seventy-Seventh Division, August 25, 1917 November 11, 1918:designed and written in the field- France. New York,New York: The 77th Division Association, 1919.
 * Arthur McKeogh.The Victorious 77th Division in the Argonne Fight (New York's Own)in the Argonne Fight. New York: john E. Eggers Co.,1919
 * James H. Howard. The Autobiography of a Regiment: a history of the 304th Field Artillery in the World War. New York, 1920
 * Joseph Glass, et. al. The Story of Battery D 304th Field Artillery September 1917 to May 1919. the Author, 1919
 * Gilbert H. Crawford. The 302nd Engineers, a history. New York?: s.n.,1920

Casualties and Replacements

 * Battle Casualties 6 April 1917 - 11 Nov 1918: 10,194
 * Replacements: 12,728
 * Strengths 13 Nov 1918:24,308

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

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

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

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