US WW1 Era, 76th Field Artillery, 3rd Division Officer's Group

Above & Below: First Lieutenant Archibald G. Montgomery's Field Artillery tunic from 3rd Infantry Division, 76th Field Artillery Regiment. Notice that he has two overseas stripes and a Great War Victory ribbon with four stars. The tunic is marked to the 76th FA

 

 

Above: Second tunic in the group for First Lieutenant Archibald G. Montgomery's Field Artillery tunic from 3rd Infantry Division, 76th Field Artillery Regiment

Above: Close up of 1LT Montgomery's tunic showing detail of his 3rd Infantry Division patch and Victory ribbon

Below: Advance Party Transprt for 76 FA Regiment including 1LT Montgomery 27 FEB 1918

 

Below: The divisional history book History of the Third Division United States Army, for the Period December 1, 1917 to January 1,1919 mentions 1Lt. Arch. G. Montgomery as being with the Regimental Headquarters of the 76th Field Artillery in the Marne Defense from July 15 to July 18, 1918, during the Aisne-Marne Offensive from July 19 to August 6, 1918, in the Saint Mihiel Offense from September 12, to September 16, 1918 and the Meuse-Argonne Offense from September 26 to November 11, 1918. Although the text list those wounded, gassed or killed, it seems 1Lt. Archibald came out of it without a scratch. It is also interesting to note that Captain Norman Herbert Schwarzkopf served in the 1st Battalion's Headquarters of the 76th Field Artillery. Captain Norman H. Schwarzkopf went on to make brigadier general and his son, with the same name, commanded Operation Desert Storm

 

Above: A post war photo apparently of Archibald Montgomery in front of a Civil War Monument to North Carolina troops

Above: Apparently a photo of Archibald Montgomery with friends or family. I think he is the one in the middle with the sailor's cap

 

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