World War I Room
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Colonel Benson W. Hough, commander of the 116th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division, with the regiment's flags. From Rainbow Memories, p. 6.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was assassinated on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, Serbia. Within months, the European continent descended into a full-scale war. The United States entered the fight on April 6, 1917 by declaring war on Germany.
Approximately 26,000 Ohio National Guardsmen and 200,000 other Ohioans fought for the United States during World War I. The majority of the guardsmen were mustered into the service at Camp Sherman near Chillicothe, Ohio or Camp Sheridan near Birmingham, Alabama. The remaining Ohio servicemen mustered in at military installations across the country.
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Grave of Ross Besse, of the 74th Infantry Brigade, 37th Infantry Division, in Ivry, France. From Archives/Library collection P 216.
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79 battle flags from World War I are part of the collection. There are flags from the 37th Infantry Division, the 83rd Infantry Division, 95th Infantry Division, and two flags each from the 42nd Infantry Division and 93rd Infantry Division.
Flags in the World War I Room are arranged by division and displayed in regiment number order:
37th Infantry Div
42nd Infantry Div
83rd Infantry Div
93rd Infantry Div
95th Infantry Div
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