MS-100 322nd Field Artillery RecordsIntroductionThe records of the 322nd Field Artillery, which served in World War I, span the period 1917 to 1981. They were acquired from the 322nd Field Artillery Association with Erwyn Huls acting as its representative. Linear feet of shelf space: 3.5 Approximate number of items: 600 ORGANIZATIONAL SKETCHThe 322nd Field Artillery was formed at Fort Benjamin Harrison on June 15, 1917. From September 5, 1917 to June 3, 1918 the regiment trained at Camp Sherman, near Chillicothe, Ohio. Artillery practice was conducted on a range at Stoney Creek. On June 12, 1917 the regiment departed for Europe aboard the S.S. Canopic. After twelve days at sea, they arrived at Le Havre, France, with stopovers in Liverpool and Southhampton, England. The regiment left for the front on September 9th, where it participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive until the end of the war on November 11, 1918. In that offensive, thirty men were killed, seventy-eight were wounded, and sixty were gassed. After the war, the 322nd was assigned to the 32nd Division as part of the Army of Occupation. The regiment remained in Germany until April 1919, when it was ordered home. The first annual reunion was held at Dayton, Ohio in 1920. After sixty-two reunions, the 322nd Field Artillery Association closed its books for the final time in 1981. It was the oldest continuing reunion of a military unit in the United States Eligibility requirements for Academy membership are of the highest order. At any given time, membership is restricted to not more than 250 members selected from all countries without regard for candidates' political beliefs or the politics of their countries of origin. Consequently, membership provided a sometimes rare opportunity for an exchange of knowledge across the political boundaries that existed during the Cold War and this is evident in much of the correspondence between the Secretaries-General and the members from eastern European nations. In 1960, specific requirements for membership stipulated that members must be over 40 years of age; must be a medical graduate; must have made an eminent contribution to aviation medicine; and must be working practitioners with more than 15 years experience in the field of aviation medicine. Only on meeting these and other difficult requirements is a candidate eligible for election by secret ballot of the Academy's Board of Selectors. Members tend to be preeminent as either academic researchers in the field, as the chief medical officers for national airlines, or as the highest ranking medical officer in a national air force. Meetings are held twice a year with a principal annual meeting held during the annual meeting of the International Congress of Aviation Medicine. Meetings have been held on all continents with locations as disparate as Acapulco and Helsinki. From time to time the Academy awards its highest honor, a gold medal, to a laureate for distinguished contributions related to the field of aerospace medicine. Past laureates have included Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett and Dr. Hermann Fischgold. The first such laureate was American physician Dr. Stanley White. The second laureate was Dr. Vladimir Yazdowsky of the U.S.S.R. Laureates do not have to be members of the Academy. Scope and ContentsThe records of the 322nd Field Artillery document the history of the organization from its earliest days at Camp Sherman to its final days as a reunion association. The collection is evenly divided between the active regiment and the reunion association. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, reunion programs, news bulletins, obituary notices, scrapbooks, military maps, photographs, and books. Included is an excellent day-by-day account of the regiment in World War I, History of the 322nd Field Artillery. CONTAINER LISTING
The following items are located in the oversized collection:
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