Rainbow Soldier

Rainbow Soldier. Rainbow Division - Croix Rouge Farm - 167th Alabama Infantry Regiment - July 26, 1918. Front On August 28, 1917, 3,677 Alabama National Guardsmen departed from Montgomery's Union Station for shipment to France as the 167th United States Infantry Regiment of the Rainbow Divison., Serving in the 84th Brigade, with their sister regiment, the 168th of Iowa, they distinguished themselves in four operations:, Champagne - Marne | Oise - Aisne | St. Mihiel | Meuse - Argonne, and especially at the battle of Croix Rouge Farm and at the the capture of Côte de Châtillon under the leadership of Douglas MacArthur who later wrote: , "Two battalions of the 167th Infantry assisted by the 168th Infantry on the left, with the greatest courage and most severe losses, seized Croix Rouge Farm on the point of the bayonet. The unexpectedness and violence, and the difficulty of this vital operation cannot be overestimated; the gallantry and courage of the assaulting troops has never been excelled in the Rainbow's history.", Having suffered 616 killed in action and more than a thousand wounded during World War I, the 167th returned to this station on May 12, 1919. They were celebrated as the "Immortals" by the largest crowd ever to assemble on the grounds of the State Capitol., Colonel William Preston Screws, a native of Montgomery and a regular army officer, organized, trained and led the regiment in combat in World War I., The United States World War One Centennial Commission.. , Rear small dedication plaque Dedicated on August 28, 2017, the Centennial of the 167th United States Infantry Regiment of the Rainbow Division leaving this Union Station destined for France., This sculpture is a gift from the Croix Rouge Farm Memorial Foundation to the city of Montgomery through the generosity of Nimrod Thompson Frazer, Silver Star, whose father Sergeant William Johnson Frazer was a Purple Heart veteran of the 167th Infantry Regiment and served in France with the regiment throughout World War One..