The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 17, 1919, Page 3, Image 3
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~
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? .sonnel of unit is from New York.
Twenty-eigth?Keystone division:
} Derivations of this unit's nickname
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- are from fact that unit formed of
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"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.
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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.
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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
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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/
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and Burleson not having anything to
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Ninety-second ? Buffalo division:
From Indian wars of pioneer days,
when the negro was called upon to
aid in suppressing Indian uprisings.
The redskin, learning to respect the
| negroes as soldiers, nicknamed them
"Buffaloes.'' Title is inherited from
the 367th regiment incorporated in
division.
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