this is the 100th anniversary of the 41st division's deployment to WW1 France. My grandfather was there as I am sure some of you longtime northwestern family member realitives were as well. The last members arrived in France in February 1918. They defeated the Central powers in less than a year after the British and French ad been at war since 1914. The unit was made up of Northwestern national guard units and conscripts that trained in Camp Greene Nc the summer and fall of 1917. The unit history is a bit shrouded as General Pershing divided the unit as it arrived in France into replacements for other intact units but members fought in every American involved battle of the war. The Commander was LT General Hunter Liggett. As I get older, my thoughts frequently drift to my grandfather that I never knew, I have artifacts from his time in France some that were sent back to my great grandmother from the theater. There last duty station was post war in Bitburg Germany a place I was stationed and lived for several years. Please, everyone have a thought for our young men and women deployed and in harms way this season of renewal. I would love to hear 41st division WW1 stories from families of the people involved. My grandfather was drafted out of the family homestead in Culdesac Idaho
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