Monrovia--Camp Cook--Camp Zama--Camp McNair--Camp Haugen-- Kumhwa Valley-- Koje do-- Whitehorse Mountain--Sandbag Castle--Luke's Castle--Punch Bowl--Kumhwa Valley-- Heartbreak Ridge.

THE 40TH INFANTRY DIVISION, CALIFORNIA’S OWN WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1917. IT WAS KNOWN AS THE 40TH DIVISION AND WAS TO SEE DUTY IN WORLD WAR I. IT WAS MADE UP OF NATIONAL GUARD UNITS FROM CALIFORNIS, COLORADO, ARIZONA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH.

IN NOVEMBER 1917 THE DIVISION MOVED TO CAMP FUNSTON AND CAMP LEWIS IN CALIFORNIS TO TRAIN. ONCE TRAINED MANY OF THE TROOPS WERE SENT INTO OTHER UNITS. THE DIVISION ARRIVED IN FARMCE IN AUGUST OF 1918. THE DIVISION WAS USED TO SUPPLY FRESH TROOPS TO THE COMBAT DIVISIONS. THERE WERE 2,587 KIA AND 11,596 WOUNDED. AFTER THE WAR ON APRIL 20, 1919 THE DIVISION WAS DEMOBILIZED.

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