Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 04.18.2018
As April 1918 became May, the 27,000 Soldiers of the New York National Guard’s 27th Division left Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina and boarded trains and ships heading for France where World War I was raging. The 27th Division, which included all but two regiments of the New York National Guard, left New York in August and September 1917. There had been a massive parade down Fifth Avenue......
