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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FIGHTING YANKEE DIVISION
by JOHN NELSON
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in months at the front, in sectors held, in battles fought, in grand total of achievement. Military experts, French, British and American alike, agree in this verdict, and it is voiced by the Secretary of War, who reflects the opinion of Gen. Pershing and his generals. The 1st and 2d Regulars and the 26th and 42d National Guardsmen are the premier American divisions. Much of what is here written about the Y. D. could be said as truthfully of any one of these others.
THE Y. D.'s CITATIONS AND DECORATIONS
The 26th Division has to its credit nearly 150 citations from the great French and American leaders. Fully 7000 of its men have been cited for bravery, and many more than half a thousand have won the Distinguished Service Cross of the American Army or the Croix de Guerre of the French.
The 104th Infantry was until recently the only regiment in the United States Army whose colors have been decorated by a foreign government. On April 26, 1918, after the battle of Bois Brule, at Apremont, the 104th was cited by headquarters of the 32d French Army Corps, and its colors were decorated with the Croix de Guerre. Other divisional citations follow:
Cited by headquarters, 11th French Army Corps, March 15, 1918. Commended (101st Infantry), in service memorandum, headquarters VIIth French Army, June 8, 1918.
Commended, in service memorandum, headquarters VIIth French Army, June 17, 1918.
Congratulated in memorandum, headquarters 3d French Army Corps.
Cited by headquarters, 32d French Army Corps, June 18, 1918. Commended (103d Infantry), in letter from G. H. Q., A. E. F., June 20, 1918.
Cited by headquarters, 32d French Army Corps, June 27, 1918. Congratulated in letter, VIth French Army, July 29, 1918.
Cited by VIth French Army, August 9, 1918.
Cited by G. H. Q., A. E. F., August 28, 1918.
Cited (102d Infantry) by headquarters, 5th Army Corps, A. E. F., September 18, 1918.
Commended in letter from headquarters, 2d French Colonial Corps, October 3, 1918.
Commended in letter from 2d French Colonial Corps, October 7, 1918.
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