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THE FIGHT FOR THE ARGONNE

Personal Experiences of a "Y" Man

by

WILLIAM BENJAMIN WEST

With an Introduction by

BURGES JOHNSON

The Abingdon Press New York Cincinnati

Copyright, 1919, by William Benjamin West

TO THE BOYS OF THE 37th DIVISION A.E.F.
WITH WHOM I WAS PRIVILEGED TO
SERVE ON THE ALSATIAN BORDER
AND IN THE ARGONNE

FIGHTING UNITS OF THE 37th DIVISION GUARD ARMY (OHIO) AND THEIR COMMANDING PERSONNEL ON SEPT. 5th, 1918

37TH DIVISION

MAJOR GENERAL C.S. FARNSWORTH Commanding.

LIEUT. COLONEL DANA T. MERRILL Chief of Staff.

MAJOR EDWARD W. WILDRICK Adjutant General.

73RD BRIGADE OF INFANTRY

BRIG. GENERAL C.F. ZIMMERMAN Commanding.

145th Regiment COL. SANFORD B. STANBERRY.

146th Regiment COL. C.C. WEYBRECHT.

135th Machine Gun Battalion MAJOR CHARLES C. CHAMBERS.

74TH BRIGADE OF INFANTRY

BRIG. GENERAL W.P. JACKSON Commanding.

147th Regiment COL. F.W. GALBRAITH, JR.

148th Regiment COL. GEORGE H. WOOD.

136th Machine Gun Battalion MAJOR JOHN A. LOGAN.

62ND BRIGADE OF FIELD ARTILLERY

Commanding officer not announced

134th Regiment COL. HAROLD M. BRUSH.

135th Regiment COL. DUDLEY M. HARD.

136th Regiment COL. PAUL L. MITCHELL.

112th Trench Mortar Battery CAPTAIN A.S. DILLON.

ENGINEER TROOPS

112th Regiment COL. JOHN R. MCQUIGG.

SIGNAL TROOPS

112th Field Signal Battalion MAJOR RUSSELL L. MUNDHENK.

DIVISION UNITS

37th Division Headquarters Troop CAPTAIN FRANK F. FREBIS.

134th Machine Gun Battalion MAJOR WADE C. CHRISTY.

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