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NICKNAMES OF THE DIVISIONS. Authentic Statement of Origin and Meaning. Twenty-five of the divisions of the American Expeditionary Forces have taken to themselves, or have been presented with picturesque nicknames. These sobriquets are already widely known, and "the divisions will probably be designated by them by future war-histories,'* says The * Stars and Stripes, the official paper of the A. E. F., which lists the units together with their nicknames. An account of the manner in which each nickname came to be officially adopted accompanies the list, and reveals the interesting fact that, in many i cases, the nickname is less a nick- j name as we commonly understand thp fprm flian a title of honor. The I list rtins as follows: Third?Marne division: Nickname conferred on unit by Maj.-Gen. Joseph T.| Dickman following its exploits on the Marne line opposite Chateau-Thierry. Fourth?Ivy division: Derived from insignia, a Roman numeral IV. Fifth?Red Diamond division: Two derivations of this unit's nickname . are given. The first is as follows: "Diamond Dye?it never runs." The second derivation is q.uoted from a staff officer and states, "The 'Red Diamond' represents a well-known problem in bridge-building?it is made up of two adjacent isosceles triangles, which make for. the greatest strength." Twenty-sixth?Yankee division: Derived from the fact that the unit was formed of New England National Guardsmen and applied because original Yankees came from New England. Twenty-seventh?New York division: Derived from the fact that per~ * ? .sonnel of unit is from New York. Twenty-eigth?Keystone division: } Derivations of this unit's nickname 5?^ - 1" - are from fact that unit formed of -V - * men mostly from Pennsylvania, the "Keystone State." Divisional description states, "It has always occupied the center of the corps front? it has had the keystone position." Twenty-ninth?Blue and Gray division: Derived from fact that men comprising unit were drawn from both Northern and Southern States. Thirtieh?OTd Hickory division: From fighting qualities of Andrew Jackson, whose military career gained him the same title. Thirty-second?Les Terrible and Iron Jaw: Of these two nicknames, the first was given thfe unit by a ^ French writer, and the second is derived from the fact that the division, while engaged on the Marne, was employed on both flanks of that salient. */ Thirty-third?Yellow Cross division: Derived from insignia of unit. Thirty-fourth?Sandstorm division; From sandstorms which division encountered while training at Camp Cody, Deming, New Mexico. Thirty-sixth?Lone Star division: From fact that the Lone Star is the emblem of Texas. nXtrnn+li 13,1 nV AT7A duMCl'flTl 1 111X1 I^'OCTCUIU XJuvi\V/k? ^ vt a * | Name is derived from fact that division was formed of the National Guard ,s] v of Ohio, the Buckeye State. Fortieth?Sunshine division: Inspired by favorable climatic conditions under which unit trained. -v , <?. Forty-first?Sunset division: From 4 sunsets of Pacific coast from which men forming unit were drawn. Forty-second?Rainbow division: From fact that the war department decided to make the first National Guard division for service in Frapce a representative American division. Nickname was applied before division was. formed. \ Seventy-seventh?Liberty division: Nickname derived from unit's insignit, a miniature Statue of Liberty. Seventy-eighth?Lightning division. Eightieth?The Blue Ridge Boys: j Derived from Blue -Ridge mountains, and is representative of the State of Virginia, West Virginia,-and Pennsylvania, which originally formed the unit. Eigthy-first?Wildcat division: Derived from the fact that a small stream which flowed through Camp Jackson, where the unit was organized, was called Wildcat division. Eighty-second?All American dis* vision: From fact that enlisted men l r represent nearly every State in the union and comprise Americans of every racial origin. Eigthy-eighth?Cloverleaf division: Adopted because the four-leaf clover is representative of the four States of Iowa, Minnesota. Illinois, and North Dakota, from which enlised men who formed unit were drawn, and is conventionally the numerical designation of the division, with a loop for each State. Eighty-ninth ?Western division: From fact that unit was originally formed of enlisted men from States in the middle West. Ninety-first?Wild West division: P Nickname derived from fact that officers and men came from eight West/ Arrived on Time. April 24 was quite a busy day at Xo. 2 Woodrow Avenue. 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