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Second Division

To Honor the

 
 
Second Division Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023
1. Second Division Marker
Inscription.
American Expeditionary Forces
France
World War 1917 - 1918

☆ [Division Emblem] ☆

Commanding Officers
Maj. Gen. Omar Bundy
U.S. Army
Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord
U.S. Army
Maj. Gen. John A. LeJeune
U.S. Marine Corps

[Dedicated] August 28, 1934

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3rd Infantry Brigade, U.S. Army
9th Infantry, U.S. Army
23rd Infantry, U.S. Army
5th Machine Gun Battalion

☆ [USMC Emblem] ☆

4th Marine Brigade U.S.M.C.
5th Regiment, U.S.M.C.
6th Regiment, U.S.M.C.
6th Machine Gun Battalion, U.S.M.C.
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2nd Field Artillery Brigade U.S. Army
12th Field Artillery 75 mm.
15th Field Artillery 75 mm.
17th Field Artillery 155 mm.
2nd Trench Mortar Battery

☆ [Corps of Engineers Emblem] ☆

2nd Regiment Engineers U.S. Army
2nd Engineers Train U.S. Army
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Division Troops

4th Machine Gun Battalion
1st Field Signal Battalion
2nd Train Headquarters
2nd Ammunition Train
2nd Supply Train
2nd Sanitary Train
Ambulance Companies and
Field Hospitals No's. 1, 15, 16, 23
Headquarters Troops
and Military
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Erected 1934 by the People of Allegheny County.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, World I.
 
Location. 40° 19.182′ N, 80° 0.529′ W. Memorial is in South Park Township, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in South Park. It is on Corrigan Drive, on the right when traveling south. Monument is at the Corrigan Drive traffic circle in South Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: South Park PA 15129, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Private (First Class) Edmund M. Wilson (within shouting distance of this marker); The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic (within shouting distance of this marker); Edward Vose Babcock (within shouting distance of this marker); Washington Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Memorial to Joyce Kilmer (within shouting distance of this marker); Honorable William Flinn (within shouting distance of this marker); Alexander Negley (within shouting distance of this marker); Allegheny Arsenal Explosion (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in South Park Township.
 
Also see . . .  2nd Infantry Division (United States). Wikipedia entry
Second Division Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023
2. Second Division Marker
(Submitted on May 24, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
Second Division Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023
3. Second Division Marker
Second Division Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023
4. Second Division Marker
Second Division Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2023
5. Second Division Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 191 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 7, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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