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EIGHTY-NINTH INFANTRY DIVISION WORLD WAR I PRÉCISES

The land assigned to the 89th Division for occupation included about 1,000 square miles just east of
Luxembourg, north of the Moselle--the principal tributary of the Rhine. The area is known by Germans as
"Vorder Eifel," and is famous for its winemaking. The vineyards cling to the region's steep mountainsides.

The Rhine River region of Germany was known as the "richest jewel in the crown of Prussia," and the
American soldiers were surprised by the abundance of food and other supplies that could not be found
anywhere else in the occupied country--or, even back in France.

Medics of the 314th Sanitary Train (89th Division) treated the wounded at Bouillonville in the St. Mihiel
sector on September 20, 1918. They subsequently established a field hospital at Bernecourt by
September 24, 1918. When treating troops who had been gassed by the enemy, stretcher bearers wore
special mittens to protect their hands from gas-infected clothing.

First Aid Station in an Abandoned Hun Gun pit; France, 1918
Lester Nornby