John Duncan Hendricks - Media
John Duncan Hendricks - Media
Sgt. John Hendricks WWI duffle bag
77th Infantry Division ("Statue of Liberty Division’), 302nd Engineer Regiment
• Activated: 18 August 1917 Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York.
• Operations: Meuse-Argonne, Oise-Aisne.
The 77th Infantry Division was the first American division composed of draftees to arrive in France in World War I, landing in April 1918; overall it was the seventh of 42 divisions to reach the Western Front. The division fought in the Battle of Château-Thierry on 18 July 1918.
Throughout its service in France the 77th Division sustained 10,194 casualties: 1,486 killed and 8,708 wounded. The division returned to the United States in April 1919 and was deactivated later that month.
• Activated: 18 August 1917 Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York.
• Operations: Meuse-Argonne, Oise-Aisne.
The 77th Infantry Division was the first American division composed of draftees to arrive in France in World War I, landing in April 1918; overall it was the seventh of 42 divisions to reach the Western Front. The division fought in the Battle of Château-Thierry on 18 July 1918.
Throughout its service in France the 77th Division sustained 10,194 casualties: 1,486 killed and 8,708 wounded. The division returned to the United States in April 1919 and was deactivated later that month.
