Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 08.28.2018
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- One of World War I’s most heroic battlefield story features a bookish lawyer, a millionaire who charged up San Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt, a carrier pigeon that’s now in the Smithsonian, and draftee Soldiers from New York City who served in the 77th Division. One hundred years later, the story of the 550 men of the “Lost Battalion” –American Soldiers......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 04.06.2018
YPAHANK, N.Y.--The move from Camp Upton, Long Island to France was supposed to be secret, but when the U.S. Army’s 77th Division left in March and April 1918, everybody in New York City-- the hometown for most of the 23,000 men-- seemed to know about it. “Although the troops invariably left camp at night or very early in the morning, the racket the men made was quite indicative that a......
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 08.18.2017
In the summer and fall of 1917, New Yorker’s fell in love with the New York National Guard’s 27th Division, and the 42nd Division—organized from the National Guards of 26 states, including New York’s 69th Infantry Regiment—at Camp Mills on Long Island. The two National Guard divisions were gearing up to go to war against Germany and there was plenty of interest in them. But......
