Thirty-Second Infantry Division Officers

ID: 611 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Fred R. Gildersleeve
This file appears in: Camp MacArthur
Thirty-Second Infantry Division Officers

At the end of 1917, the War Department determined the Thirty-Second Infantry Division at Camp MacArthur to be more advanced in their training than any other division in the US. They left in January of 1918 for France, where they served with distinction until the end of the war.

This file appears in: Camp MacArthur

By Amanda Sawyer
Ten weeks after the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, Waco was chosen as the site for a military training camp. The United States initially lacked the military manpower needed to fight in the war and needed to rapidly increase the…