80th Infantry Division - Publications

80th Infantry Division Publications

Our list of 80th Division publications has grown over the years, so we recently split this page into several resources:

World War I Publications (scroll down)
World War II Publications (click here)
Post-World War II Publications (click here)

80th Infantry Division Publications
WORLD WAR I

Lee S. Anthony, Ph.D. WWI / WWII 80th Division Book Collection
MAJ(R) Gary Schreckengost WWI Collection
Andrew J. Capets WWI Book
"Official" 80th Division WWI Publications

Lee S. Anthony, Ph.D., WWI, WWII & 80th Division Book Collection
As one of the historians of the 80th Division Veterans Association, Dr. Anthony has accumulated a vast collection of books covering the 80th Division in WWI and WWII. Here is a list of those collections. If you are interested in obtaining copies, contact Dr. Anthony directly at lsa80division@gmail.com.

In addition, Dr. Anthony offers the following books for sale. Please use this ORDER FORM.

Description	Cost	S&H
(WWI) History of the 317th Infantry by 1st Lt. Edley Craighill, 96pp. Digital copy of original.	$65	$5
(WWI) Diary of Cpl. JOHN BODEN KINTER DIEHL, S/N 1819559, Co. A. 317th Inf. Reg., 35 pp, Book One. Digital. Bound.	$70	$5
(WWI) In Memoriam - Till E. Ash, Corporal, S/N 2468050, Co. D, 317th Inf. Reg., 444 pp, Xerox, GBC bound.	$35	$5
(WWI) A Resume of Experiences During the World War, by Frederick S. Frantz, 317th Inf., Co. E, 371 pp, GBC bound.	$35	$5
(WWI) History of the 317th Infantry, Co. F, by Joseph Morris, Suffolk, VA, 33 pp, GBC bound.	$35	$5
(WWI) History of the 318th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Division 1917-1919 Digital copy, rebound hard back, 190 pp.	$80	$5
(WWI) Over the Top with the 80th by Buck Private, Rush S. Young. Co. B, 318th Inf. Reg. Xerox copy, 141 pp, GBC bound.	$35	$5
(WWI) The 319th Infantry, A.E.F. by Captain Josiah C. Peck, Regimental Intelligence Officer. 63 pp, Digital copy, enlarged, bound.	$45	$5
(WWI) The 319th Infantry, A.E.F. by Captain Josiah C. Peck, Regimental Intelligence Officer. 63 pp, Same as above, but Xerox copy, GBC bound.	$35	$5
(WWI) Company F History, 319th Infantry, 81 pp, Xerox copy, GBC bound.	$35	$5
(WWI) 320th Infantry, 80th Division, 127 pp, Xerox copy, GBC bound.	$35	$5
(WWI) Regimental History 305th Pioneer Engineers 80th Div., 1917-1919. Work of Roger Nelson and Descendants of the 80th Division. 16 pp, Xerox copy, with spiral binding.	$35	$5
(WWI) War History of 313th Machine Gun Battalion, Co. A, 80th Division. 47 pp, Xerox copy, GBC bound, enlarged.	$35	$5
(WWI) 314th Machine Gun Battalion History. 75 pp, plus maps. Digitally copied, reprinted and bound.	$65	$5
(WWI) History of the 318th Field Hospital, by Baron Munchausen, Ph.D., Litt.D. 114 pp, Xerox copy, GBC bound.	$35	$5
(WWI) History of the Eightieth Division, A.E.F., in World War I - "The Blue Ridge Division" by Russell L. Stultz, Division Historian. Edited by Lee S. Anthony, Ph.D. ISBN #0-9759341-7-1. 731 pp, Hard cover.	$95	$20
(WWI) Selected U.S. Signal Corps Photos of 80th Division in World War I. Compiled by Lee S. Anthony.	$30	$5

Author and historian MAJ(R) Gary Schreckengost teaches American history at Lampeter-Strasburg School District in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is a retired Army infantry major and a Bosnia and Iraq War veteran. Schreck recently published the following books, available on Amazon:

Only Moves Forward! The 80th Division in World War I

Volume I: Mobilization and Training at Camp Lee (639 pages)
Volume II: Friedensturm to St. Mihiel (569 pages)
Volume III: Meuse-Argonne 1 (699 pages)
Volume IV: The Meuse-Argonne II to Homecoming (615 pages)

America's 80th "Blue Ridge" Division was constituted on August 5, 1917, as part of the National Army (today's Army Reserve), with headquarters at Camp Lee, Virginia. It consisted primarily of drafted men or "Selectees" from Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania or old Army Regulars like its commander, Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, who was said to be "sturdy, thick-set, and cut out of sandstone." Cronkhite adopted the now-famous moniker "Blue Ridge Division" for the 80th Division, as the wondrous Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian chain connected all three states and its peoples. When thrown into combat during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of Sept. 26-Nov. 11, 1918, "America's Greatest Battle," the Blue Ridge Division was the only division in the A.E.F. to participate in all three phases of the battle.

In fact, the place where it breached the vaunted Hindenburg Line, there now sits America's largest military cemetery in France--a stoic reminder of the 80th Division's and the rest of the A.E.F.'s desperate and heroic actions. Because of this operation and the operations of the other Allied armies, the Associated Powers (the Allies plus the United States) were finally able to smash the near-impregnable German defenses and push to the outskirts of Sedan, the keystone of the German defenses, ultimately winning the war.

All told, the 80th "Blue Ridge" Division advanced some twenty miles across the most-heavily defended place on the earth at the time, suffered over 6,000 casualties--over half of its infantry strength--and killed or captured thousands of German soldiers in order to achieve ultimate victory. Their actions so inspired their commander, General "Old Cronk" Cronkhite, to proudly proclaim: "The 80th Division Only Moves Forward!"

This four-volume series is an exhaustive study of America's Blue Ridge Division during the Great War for Civilization that includes personal reminiscences, official records, unit histories, scores of period manuals and topical books, as well as hundreds of photographs and maps to help the reader better understand the text.

In Vol. I, read about how the war started in 1914 and was generally fought in Europe from 1914-1917, how the division was assembled at Camp Lee during the summer of 1917, what training was like, and some of the discussions that transpired over fighting doctrine, namely "Open Warfare" tactics versus "Trench Warfare" tactics.

In Vol. II, Friedensturm to St. Mihiel, read about the last major German offensives of the war, how the division was shipped to France, what it was like serving with the British in Artois and Picardy, France, and what the division did during America's first real offensive of the war: the St. Mihiel Offensive.

In Vol. III, Meuse-Argonne I, read what combat operations were was like for the division during the early phases war-ending Meuse-Argonne Offensive, "America's Greatest Battle," and in Vol. IV, Meuse-Argonne II and Home, what it was like in the latter phases of the America's Greatest Battle, after the Armistice, and when they went home in 1919.

"The 80th Division in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive"
MAJ(R) Gary Schreckengost's latest article on the 80th Division in World War I published in the St. Mihiel Trip-Wire (November 2021).

(WWI) Good War, Great Men
Andrew J. Capets
$16.95, available from Amazon.com.
Good War, Great Men provides first-hand accounts of more than a dozen soldiers who served together during the Great War. Their stories have been rediscovered by compiling unpublished letters and journals with historical insights to provide a compelling history of the men of the 313th Machine Gun Battalion, 80th Division. This second edition printing includes new maps and illustrations not provided in the first edition.

The book Good War, Great Men has also been endorsed as an official project of the World War One Centennial Commission. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the US Foundation for the Commemoration of the World Wars.

80th Infantry Division Publications
WORLD WAR I - "Official Publications"

Overseas Diary for Company G, 317th Infantry Division
by Anson Eldred (1890-1960). From the front... "Presented to the men of Company 'G' with the compliments of their officers who returned with them."
Hat tip to Aldobrandino D'Marais, 80th Division Veterans Association Facebook group.
80th Division Summary of Operations in the World War
Prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission
THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION was created by Congress in 1923 for the purpose of commemorating the services of American forces in Europe during the World War. In order that the actions of American troops might be accurately set forth, detailed studies were made of the operations of each division which had front-line battle service. These studies are being published in a series of twenty-eight booklets, each booklet devoted to the operations of one division.

In these booklets only the active service of the divisions is treated in detail. The accounts, however, are comprehensive enough to be of general interest and establish a great body of fact concerning the operations. For the military student, they provide an excellent background for tactical studies and present an extensive list of sources upon which further study can be based.

The Bayonet - Remembrance Book of Camp Lee, Virginia (PDF 13.3MB)
The Bayonet - Table of Contents (PDF)