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Cape Cod Military History of 26th Yankee Division
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Description:
The "Division famous throughout Germany" in the Second World War has been a famous Division for almost two centuries of American burgeoning and growth. The lineage of the YD extends back to the beginning of the American citizen soldier - the fighting colonial troops of the early Plymouth and Massachusetts colonies. The 102d Field Artillery Battalion traces its origin to one of the oldest military organizations in America, the Gloucester Militia. Ancestors of the 101st Engineers unfurled the first American flag on Prospect Hill during the Revolutionary War. Battery A of the 101st Field Artillery was one of the original artillery units in the Army and won fame as "Battery Jones" during the Civil War in fighting through the Wilderness, Petersburg, Cold Harbor and Richmond. This presentation will focus on WWI and WWII Battalions and there accomplishments.
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