Panorama photograph of the 114th Machine Gun Battalion, March 22, 1917

Panorama of the 114th Machine Gun Battalion, March 22, 1917, part of the 30th Old Hickory Division. According to the history of the 30th Infantry Division Patch : The division was formed from National Guard units from the four states in October 1917, at Camp Sevier, N.C.. After a brief training period in the US, the 30th went overseas for combined training with the British. In Aug 1918, elements took over the canal sector southwest of Ypres, Belgium, holding there until an Allied offensive opened late that month for the entire Ypres-Lys sector. During the Somme offensive in Sept. and Oct. 1918, the division helped break the Hindenburg Line near Bellicourt and later participated in the battle of LaSelle River. The 30th's Field Artillery units fought separately, taking part in the St Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. The division took 3848 prisoners and suffered 8954 casualties. Activated: October 1917 (National Guard Division from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee)