The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-03-13
The Fighting Thirty-Second''
Here the Story What the kenosha Boys Helped do
Winning the World War

Kenosha people who have sons and
brothers fighting with the Thirty Sec
ond Division in France have watched
with interest the advance Of this divi-
sion both during the fighting in France
and during the peaceful occupation of
Germany.
Letters received in the city today
have furnished a very interesting ac-
count of the operations of the Thirty
Second. These letters came from men
bers of the 10th Engineers which
numbers six Kenosha men.
The Division probably saw as much
actual warfare as any division of the
American army in France. While the
members of Troop E. from Kenosha
were deprived the privilege Of having
part in the fighting this troop with
the members Of old Company M. who
went into the hottest of the fight will
share the glories which were won by
the Thirty Second.
The division was known as the "Iron
Jaw division. In France the men and
officers gloried in the designation, Lum-
berjacks0 Division. To the French
they were known as "Les Terribles"
because Of the dash and courage, the
fury and the temper which character
lied their assaults on the enemy. New
Ter did the division give ground
Fighting on five fronts, four of which
were active, the division advanced
against the enemy total of SO kilo-
meters and over ground that was
among the most fercely contested in
the great war. Of the nearly $4,000
men t. the division more than $4,000
have been reported as casualties and
these figures includes only rs taken by
the enemy.
The division trained at Camp Near
thur, Waco, Texas, the first troops
leaving enroute for France, via Camp
Merit, Jan. 2, 1918. The advance
party sailed from New York Jan. Is,
the movement overseas continuing
through that month, February and
March. Division headquarters were
established at Prauthoy Haute-Marne
Feb. "a. the 32nd being the sixth d.
vision Of the American Expeditionary
forces to arrive in France. On May 10
the movement Of troops to the Alsace
sector started, the first elements of
the organization taking section Of
the front line in that sector May, Is.
On Dec. Ii the division crossed the
Rhine and on Dec. 10 occupied Rengs-
dorf Dec. 10.
The division has been cited by Gen.
Pershing and by the French command
for its effectiveness and bravery and
individual members have won many
croix de guerre, besides 134 American
distinguished service crosses and num-
erous other decorations. The 32nd
has been called Zone of the crack or
CARNATIONS of the American forces. -
Casualties in the 32nd division are
listed as follows: Killed in action, 70
officers and 1869 men; severely wound
ed, 119 officers and 2,763 men; slight
ly wounded 237 officers and 8,4o2 men;
missing, IL officers and 1,019 men;
total casualties, 14268, including 442
taken prisoners, 2 officers and rs men;
officers and : 1896 enlisted men. It
has been presumed that the majority
of the missing were killed in action.
OF the severely wounded 81 officers
and 800 men have died.
The division sustained it's heaviest
losses on the Argonne Mouse front,
where more than 800 were killed.
Prisoners captured by the division
totalled 2,153, including 40 officers and
2,113 men. Material captured includ-
ed eight pieces Of heavy artillery, IS
pieces of light artillery, Sc trench
mortars, 100 machines guns and 1900
rifles.