Victory - History of the 805th Pioneer Infantry - American Expeditionary Forces
Entry/Object ID
L9999.999.3386
Description
Victory - History of the 805th Pioneer Infantry - American Expeditionary Forces tells of how eight colored infantry regiments came to be and their contribution to the USA army and action in World War I. Photographs of Commanding Officer Col. Chauncey B. Humphrey, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, and Gen. J.J. Pershing are included in the front pages.
Honored Dead are listed for each Company. There is a photo page of all the Officers of the 805th Pioneer Infantry and photo pages of the soldiers in each Company, as well as photos of various maneuvers and areas where the 805th was deployed. There are maps and descriptions of their duty in the Argonne Forest, France.
The book was perhaps the original property of Henry Tillman as his signature and a poem on written on the fly leaf.
223/Hardbound/Illustrations/Maps/Photography/Tables.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
805th Pioneer Infantry, World War I, Argonne Forest, France, Military, U.S. Army, Black Regiments
