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Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Name Activated Commanding General Campaigns I Corps: January 20, 1918 Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman Maj. Gen. William M. Wright
At the start of the war [special order, No. 2.] was issued by WM. C. Kibbe to help outline the design for California regimental flags. [6]"The first or national color for Infantry shall be the same as that described for the garrison flag of the United States Army, with this exception: the name and number of the regiment shall be embroidered with silver on the centre strips."
Camp Fremont was a World War I-era military base located near Palo Alto, California.Construction started in July 1917 and the post closed in September, 1919. The post was named for John C. Frémont, a US Army officer and government official who was prominent in California during the 1850s.
Trask, David F ed. World War I at home; readings on American life, 1914-1920 (1969) primary sources online; Tucker, Spencer C., and Priscilla Mary Roberts, eds. The Encyclopedia of World War I: A Political, Social, and Military History (5 vol. 2005). worldwide coverage; Van Ells, Mark D. America and World War I: A Traveler's Guide (2014) excerpt
The Encyclopedia of World War I : A Political, Social, and Military History (5 vol. 2005) Vaughn, Stephen. Holding Fast the Inner Lines: Democracy, Nationalism, and the Committee on Public Information (1980) online; Venzon, Anne ed. The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia (1995), Very thorough coverage. Wilson, Ross J.
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
December 1, 1866: United States Army Presidio of Monterey: Monterey: Monterey: 1768: still in use by US: New Spain: New San Diego Depot San Diego Barracks: New San Diego: San Diego: 1850 April 5, 1879: 1879: United States Army Camp No. 27: Fort Ord: Monterey: Monterey: 1917: September, 1994: United States Army Camp NacimientoCamp Roberts
This battalion was organized at Franklin, Texas, under the command of Major Joseph Smith, (formerly of 5th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry) between November and December 1864, by consolidating the veterans of the 1st Regiment California Volunteer Infantry, into two companies, which became Companies A and B, and consolidating the companies of the 5th Regiment California Volunteer ...