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The 91st Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army that fought in World War I and World War II. From 1946 until 2008, it was part of the United States Army Reserve. It was briefly inactivated from 2008 until 2010 when it was elevated back to a division size element as the 91st Training Division (Operations). [1]
William Johnston Jr. (October 19, 1861 – February 19, 1933) was a United States Army officer who served for almost forty years. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, and World War I, he attained the rank of major general and was most notable for his World War I command of the 91st "Wild West" Division.
From December 25, 1917, to June 19, 1918, he commanded the 91st Division. Foltz, after commanding the 6th Cavalry Regiment from December 1918 until January 1921, reverted to his permanent rank of colonel after World War I ended, though Congress restored his rank in June 1930, and he retired from the Army in 1921.
Major General Charles Hunter Gerhardt (June 6, 1895 – October 9, 1976) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II.During the latter, he commanded the 29th Infantry Division from 1943 until the end of the war and during part of the occupation of Germany.
General John J. Pershing (left), C-in-C of the AEF in France, and Major General William H. Johnston, commanding the 91st Division, in the Argonne forest, October 26, 1918. American forces first saw serious action during the summer of 1918, contributing eight large divisions, alongside 24 French ones, at the Second Battle of the Marne.
The 91st Division was scheduled for the Italian front as part of the U.S. Fifth Army under Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark (a 1917 West Point classmate of Williamson). Brigadier General Williamson commanded a Task Force of his division during the liberation of the cities of Livorno and Pisa and received the Bronze Star for his
Hospital was promoted to colonel in 1941 [3] and saw service in World War II, first as commander of the 75th Field Artillery Brigade and then was frocked to brigadier general and placed as commanding general of the 91st Division Artillery.
III Corps Major General John L. Hines, Commanding 3rd Division (Brig. Gen. Preston Brown) 5th Division (Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely) 32nd Division (Maj. Gen. William G. Haan) 90th Division (Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen) V Corps Major General Charles P. Summerall, Commanding 1st Division (Brig. Gen. Frank Parker) 2nd Division (Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune)