Joaquin, Jesse
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: October 30, 1917
Military Camps to which went:
* Upton, N.Y., Camp
Units to which belonged:
* 367th Infantry nicknamed Buffaloer - 92 Division
Date of trip overseas: June 10, 1918
Service there:
* Meuse-Argonne Offensive, St. Die Sector (Vo[s]ges) Aug. 23rd-Sept. 20, '18
* In reserve of 1st Army Corps, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, '18
* Metz, Oct. 9-Nov. 11, '18
Date of return: March 1, 1919
Date of demobilization: March 10, 1919
Honors received: 1st Battalion of Regiment cited for bravery in Argonne Forest

 

 

NOTES
Camp Upton

Scott, E.J. The Story of the "Buffaloes" In The American Negro in the
World War: The Glorious Record of the 367th Infantry Regiment....
(Novell Open Enterprise)
http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/Scott/SCh13.htm

American Battle Monuments Commission. 92d Division Summary of Operations
in the World War. Washington, DC: U.S.G.P.O., 1944.
http://www.history.army.mil/topics/afam/92div.htm

Argonne Forest, WWI, France: The Forgotten Cemetery; Black Regiments;
Military Racism; "Cher Ami" Carrier Pigeon, and the Lost Battalion
http://worldwar1worldwar2.blogspot.com/2008/04/argonne-forest-wwi-france-forgotten.html