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Virginia, and IMPLYING its manner of movement
and accomplishment of desired ends.
Fortieth division: A yellow star surrounded by
a circle of like color on khaki-colored disc.
Forty-first division: The setting sun on half
circle of red, surrounded by black border, fig
ure 26), the emblem of the Sunset Division
made up of National guardsmen from the West
''where the sun sets"-Washington, Oregon, Mon
tana Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota South Da-
kota Colorado. New Mexico. (Some District Of
Columbia guardsmen also in this divison).
Forty-second division: tri-color red, white
and blue-in rainbow form (Figure ~, this was
the emblem of the famous Rainbow Division"
composed of National guardsmen from 46 states
and the District of Columbia one of the first d.
visions to reach France and bring rainbow of
hope to the hardpressed allies.
Seventy-sixth division: The Liberty Bell, an
appropriate emblem for division bearing the
numerals 76. (Figure ~. Composed Of national
army men. it of the three divisions to
be raised exclusively in New England with a
quota of northern New York selected service
mem Some of its members preferred the name
"Mayfower Division" to Liberty Bell Division
and wore an emblem of the ship Mayfower on a
blue ground. Later the Liberty Bell became the
recognized emblem of the division.
Seventy-seventh division: An outlined figure
of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World
upon a light blue background (Figure 49,, this
was the emblem of another division recalling
the Revolutionary war-Lberty and II. Com
posed of New York city national army troops,
New York's Own" the first Of the national
army divisions to reach France and was to have
among it's units the famous Lost Battalion"
Seventy-eighth division: Five white bolts of
lightning on a red half-circle. the emblem of the
Lightning Division" was significant of one of
the principal industries of the region from which
its men-national army men from Western New
York, New Jersey and Delaware-came.
Seventy-ninth division: A Lorraine cross In
white on q blue field with a white border, the
emblem of division made up of national army
men from northeastern Pennsylvania, Maryland
and District of Columbia which distinguished it.
self by the capture of Montfaucon during the
Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Eightieth division: Three peaks of the Blue
Ridge mountains In blue on a red shield with a
white border Figure 27), this was the emblem
of the BLUE Ridge Division" composed of noun
taineers from Virginia, West Virginia and west
ern Pennsylvania
Eighty-frst division: A black wildcat on a
gray disc (Figure 49, emblem of the wildcat
Division" made up of negro soldiers Of the ma
tional army from North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Florida and Porto Rico who proved that
they could. indeed, flight like wildcats"
Eighty-second division: Two yellow AS on q
blue circle superimposed upon a red square Gig
ure FL, the emblem OF the Au-AmeTlcdu DlFi-
sion" made up of national army men from Geor-
ga, Alabama and Tennessee.
Efghty-fourth division: A scarlet shield upon
which. inclosed by a blue circle, was the word
Lincoln" in white curved over an axe and be-
low the numerals "a. (Figure 10Y, this emblem
of the Lincoln Division" composed of national
army soldiers from Kentucky, Indiana and south
ern Illinois. recalled the youth of Lincoln in the
region where he began hewing out his fame as
Rail Splitter"
Eighty-sxth division: A black hawk rampant
on a red shield the hawk bearing white inter-
twined letters and (FTgure 21) symbolic Of
the BLACK Hawk Division" composed of nation
al army men of Illinois and Wisconsin in the
region made famous by the Indian chief Black
Hawk
Eighty-seyenth division: A yellow acorn with
brown cup on field of green, this emblem of
the Acorn Division" recalled the origin of its
members, national army men from the oak woods
of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi
Eighty-eighth division: Two green ngure
Fights crossed to form four-leaf clover, SYM
bolizing the fact that its troops, national army
men, were from the four states of North Da-
kota, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.
Eighty-ninth division: A dark blue circle In
closing a of the same color against light
blue background this division was made up Of
national army men from Kansas Missouri, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Arizona, New Mexico and Col
orado. The w is symbolic of its three command
ers-Gen. Leonard Wood. who trained at Camp
Funston. Kan, and Generals William III. Wright
and Frank L. Winn, who commanded it in
France.
Ninetieth division: The letters and in ma
room a khaki field, Figure 24) branding
iron" combination for the states of Texas and
Oklahoma from which the national army troops
in this division came.
Ninety first division: A green pine tree Zig
- symoblical of the pine forests of the west
ern states whence came the men of the national
army to make up this division
Ninety-second division: A black charging buff
falo Figure 20). the emblem of the western
Buffaloes Division" composed of negro troops Of
the national army. mainly from Texas and Okla
homa.
Ninety-third division: red hand on white
disc upon blue field, the emblem OF the Red
Hand Division" composed of negro troops of the
national army from North Carolina, South Caro-
lima and Georgia.