Show I L Fighting Unit N Nicknames 1 z J 4 1 4 T 1 0 I 25 Divisions Divisio s on Roster i Sunshine and Wild W West cst Include Most of Boys Boyst L t From Utah t I Twenty five e o of the divisions come corn com rising tho the American expeditionary forces Corces possess nicknames by which they he have he h e become widely known and will no doubt be designated b by the war ar historians says the thc Stars and Stripes St ho Iho official paper of the American sol sol- tiers diers of oC the A A. E. E F F. Included among these are aro the division an and the division ision both of or which were ma made mado o up largely of or Utah men The derivation of cf the divisions divisions' nick nick- anI and the reasons for the official orrl- orrl cial adoption by the unit unil are h herewith rc II J biz h en n division Nickname Third Third-Marne Third Third Third- Marne conferred on unit b by MaJ Gen Joseph P. P Dickman following Its exploit on tho the 1 Jarne arne line opposite Chateau Thierry Thiern Fourth Ivy Fourth Ivy division Derived from a Roman numeral IV 1 r i Fifth Red Fifth Red Diamond division On One derivation quoted from a staff starr officer Sis Sis' I is The rhe Red Hell Diamond represents ls a awell well 11 known problem In bridge building it of or two adjacent IT-it IT t o is made up tip triangles which make for 1 the greatest sten strength th I 1 If Yankee division division- DC- DC DeI i t B f Twenty sixth s sixth e t f n t t tl ih r a unit nit tv VI tio ms' ms cu d t om t nip iU 1 mo luci ac a me unit I formed f armed of r New wv England land national I Ii and applied because ori original origl- origl lal l- l ual nal al Yankees came from New Nets En England I II I I d Twenty seventh I Twenty enty New sC New York division I Derived from tact fact that personnel of oC ii is from Now New ew yolk 1011 I I r ent I Keystone slone division I r. r tom fact act that unit cult was formed of men mostly Ono Key from Pennsylvania the Keystone Key uKo- stone no State Divisional ls Dl description It has always occupied the center center cen- cen ter of or th the tho corps front it front It has had lead the keystone position J 1 tUne hue null I If f a p Twenty ninth Twenty ninth and ana Gra Gray ion on Derived c J from crom fact foci that men nen com coin l I 1 posing posing- unit were drawn from both northern and anel southern states slates Thirtieth Old Old Hickory division From fighting fighting- qualities of or Andrew Jackson whose whoso military career gained him tho the same sune title I Thirty second second Thirty Les and andIron andiron Iron hOD Jaw Of these two nicknames the first was given the unit b by a French I writer and the second Is derived from rom the tho fact U that trtat at the division while engaged engaged en en- gaS gaS-cd on the Marne was WiS employed ed on both bolh flanks lanks of oC tha salient Thirty third Yellow Thirty Yellow Cross division Derived beri from Insl insignia mla of rf unit Thirty Sandstorm Thirty fourth Sandstorm division From sandstorms which division envision en encountered encountered encountered en- en countered while training at Camp Co Cody y Doming Deming N M. M Thirty sixth Lone Thirty tone Star division dl I From fact that the Lone Star Is the emblem emblem emblem em em- blem of ot Texas Thirty seventh Thirty seventh Buckeye th-Buckeye Buckeye d division Islon I Nickname is derived from fact that di division divIsion division di- di vision was formed of of the national guard of or Ohio the Buckeye state Sunshine Division Dh- Dh Ion Fortieth Sunshine Fortieth Sunshine division Inspired by favorable Ca climatic conditions under which which unit trained Forty first Forty first Sunset division From sunsets of Pacific coast section from which men forming unit were drawn second Forty Rainbow division From Irom the fact that the war department cle to make malic e the first national guard division for service in Franco a representative e American division Kick Kick- name was appl applied c before division was Ii I I I I formed I I Sc Seventy seventh Seventy seventh Liberty p division dl Nickname derived erl from units unit's Insignia I a miniature Statue of Liberty cn eighth Seventy Lightning t L Lightning h division The oth Eightieth The Blue Hl Ridge fidge ge Boys DeI Derived Derived De De- rived rive from Blue IU o g-o mountains andis and andis andis is representative I of or tho tiro states of or Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- I ginia Inia West ost Virginia and Pennsylvania anla which originally formed the unit first Wildcat first Eighty Wildcat cat division Derived Der Derived De De- r rived cJ from Crom fact fact- that a small stream which flowed Jo through Camp Jackson where tho tiro unit was organized was wag called W Wildcat l cat creek Division All tAJI American All division division divi divI- second Eighty American All sion slon From fact that enlisted men represent represent rep rep- resent nearly every state In the union and comprise Americans of or every er e racial origin Eighty eighth Eighty eighth Clo division Adopted h because tho leaf four clover Is I representative of or tho the four states tOA of I lo 10 Io a a a. a Minnesota Illinois and North Dakota from which enlisted men who I I formed unit were drawn and is 18 also conventionally on tho the numerical designation designation naI na- na tion o of the tho division lon with a a. loop for I each state ninth Eighty ninth Western division From fact that unit was originally formed of oC enlisted men from states stales inthe In Inthe Inthe the middle west vest I Ninety first Wild Ninety Wild West Vest division Nickname derived from fact that oUi- oUi rs and men m Jl came from Crom eight western states H Buffalo division second Ninety Cond From Indian wars of nr pioneer days when the negro was war called upon to al alin aid if its in suppressing Indian uprisings The Then n d learning to respect the tho ne negroes ne- ne groes as soldiers 1 nicknamed them Title flUe Is inherited from the C lh regiment Incorporated In dl- dl di I vision I lon I I |