37th Infantry Division (United States)
1917–1968 United States Army formation
The 37th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It was a National Guard division from Ohio, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division". Today, its lineage is continued through the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, with battalions from Ohio, Michigan, and South Carolina.
History
World War I
It was initially activated as the 16th Division, a National Guard formation from Ohio and West Virginia in 1913. It was federally activated in August 1917 as a National Guard Division from Ohio. It was sent overseas in June 1918 and fought at the Meuse-Argonne and at Ypres-Lys offensives
Order of battle
Headquarters, 37th Division
73rd Infantry Brigade
145th Infantry Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
135th Machine Gun Battalion
74th Infantry Brigade
147th Infantry Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
136th Machine Gun Battalion
62nd Field Artillery Brigade
134th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm)
135th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm)
136th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm)
112th Trench Mortar Battery
134th Machine Gun Battalion
112th Engineer Regiment
112th Field Signal Battalion
Headquarters Troop, 37th Division
112th Train Headquarters and Military Police
112th Ammunition Train
112th Supply Train
112th Engineer Train
112th Sanitary Train
145th-148th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals
Casualties
Total: 5,387
KIA: 794
WIA: 4,593
Commanders
Brigadier General William R. Smith (26 August 1917)
Major General Charles G. Treat (3 September 1917)
Brigadier General William R. Smith (18 September 1917)
Brigadier General Joseph A. Gaston (25 April 1918)
Major General Charles S. Farnsworth (8 May 1918)
Brigadier General William M. Fassett (5 December 1918)
Major General Charles S. Farnsworth (10 December 1918)
Brigadier General Steven W. Stepien (14 December 1918)
Interwar period
The 37th Division was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, allotted to the state of Ohio, and assigned to the V Corps. The 145th and 146th Infantry Regiments were consolidated and designated the 145th Infantry, while the 166th Infantry Regiment from Ohio, which had been assigned to the 42nd Division in World War I, was assigned to the 37th Division. The 37th Division headquarters was federally recognized on 31 May 1923. The division trained most years at Camp Perry, Ohio, except for the 62nd Field Artillery Brigade, which often trained at Camp Knox (later Fort Knox), Kentucky, to utilize the artillery ranges located there. Newly commissioned Organized Reserve lieutenants assigned to the Regular Army's 60th and 61st Infantry Regiments, which were maintained in an inactive status in the Fifth Corps Area, also trained with the division at Camp Perry. The division staff usually trained at Camp Perry, but participated in the Fifth Corps Area command post exercise (CPX) in 1929 and the Second Army CPX in 1938.
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