The History Of The 116th Engineers First Dept Division American Expeditionary Forces, France

Angers, Maine ET Loire, France: Caserne Desjardins. Very Good-. 1918. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with illustrated cardstock covers and a side stapled spine. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and creasing. The top spine end has a small, wrinkled tearw. The text pages are noticeably toned, but clean and bright. "The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers provided diverse military services during World War I. The Corps formed the large 1,660-man engineer regiments of the American combat divisions. Army engineers built port facilities, roads, and railroads essential to moving war materiel to the battlefront. They also harvested timber for military construction and operated searchlights in anti-aircraft defense. The engineers organized the first U. S. Army tank units and developed chemical warfare munitions and defensive equipment. Armored units and chemical warfare became so important that the Army in 1918 created a separate Tank Corps and a Chemical Warfare Service. Brigadier General Amos Fries, a career engineer officer, headed the Chemical Warfare Service in France." ) (Combat and Construction Army Engineering in World War One by by Charles Hendricks) .