Coleman, James B.
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: [Date of] Commission: June 15, 1916
Military Camps to which went:
* McAllen, Texas
* Plattsburg [N.Y.]
* Camp Upton
* Army War College
Units to which belonged:
* [Molley?] Reserve, G.H.Q. [General Headquarters]-G-4
* 2nd Supply Train, 2nd Division, 1st Army
Date of trip overseas: Dec. 27, 1917
Service there:
* [Molley?] Reserve, Advance Section S.O.S. G.H.Q G-4
* 2nd Div. Supply Train. 1st Army Water Train
* H.Q. - [Eissy?] Occupation, Dist[rict]. of Paris
* Aisne, Marne, Som[m]e Offensive, Aisne Aisne, St. Mihiel, Argonne [Campaigns]
Date of return: July 22, 1919
Date of demobilization: Jan. 9, 1920
Honors received: Croix de Guerre, 2 Army Citations
[signed] J. Coleman, Major, USRS

 

 

NOTES
Basketball at Camp McAllen, Texas (c. 1916-1918) (Springfield College
Digital Collections)
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/3573

Plattsburg, New York Training Camp, 1917 (New River Notes)
http://www.newrivernotes.com/topical_history_ww1_trainingcamps_plattsburgnewyork.htm

Kington, Donald M. "The Plattsburg Movement and Its Legacy." Relevance:
The Quarterly Journal of the Great War Society, 6(4) Autumn 1997
http://www.worldwar1.com/tgws/rel011.htm

Camp Upton (Longwood's Journey)
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/upton/uptonhome.htm

U.S. Army War College: Historic Carlisle Barracks (The College)
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usawc/about/historic.cfm

2nd Supply Train
http://2nd-engineers.us/2nd-division/2nd.supply.train.htm

120.3.4 Records of the Fourth Section, G-4 (Co-ordination) (Records of the
American Expeditionary Forces [World War I])
http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/120.html#120.3.4

Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July-6 August 1918 (Military History
Encyclopedia on the Web)
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_aisne_marne.html

Second Battle of the Somme (1918) (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Somme_(1918)

Battle of Saint-Mihiel (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saint-Mihiel

The St. Mihiel Drive (1918) [video] (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvxEtVq0Wng

Path of Fire: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 (FirstWorldWar.com)
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/pathoffire.htm