Description: Soldiers of the 37th U.S. Army Division at a dance at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 1941. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08605
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; United States, Army, Infantry Division, 37th
Places: Camp Shelby (Mississippi)
 

Description: Soldiers of the 37th U.S. Army Division at a dance at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 1941. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08606
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; United States, Army, Infantry Division, 37th
Places: Camp Shelby (Mississippi)
 

Description: This photograph shows soldiers of the 37th Infantry Division celebrating Christmas, probably at Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, in 1943. The 37th served in the Pacific theater during World War II under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. Known as the "Buckeye" Division, it was one of the most highly-decorated National Guard units in World War II. Seventeen Medals of Honor were awarded to National Guard troops during the war, and seven of them went to members of the 37th. The photograph measures 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). The 37th Infantry Division mustered in at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in October 1940. The division was sent to the Pacific theater in the spring of 1942. The division's first battle was in July 1943 in the Solomon Islands. It participated in fierce jungle fighting at New Georgia, Bougainville, and Guadalcanal. Also serving in the Philippine campaign, the division spent 592 days in combat zones, killed 33,590 Japanese soldiers, and captured 2,161 enemy prisoners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3218_3813101_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; World War II; Soldiers; Holidays; Christmas trees
Places: Ohio; New Guinea
 

Description: This photograph shows officers from the 77th Anti-Aircraft Artillery playing volleyball in Munda, New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. The photograph was taken on June 17, 1944. The 77th was part of the 37th Infantry Division and stationed in the Pacific theater during World War II. The 37th served in the Pacific under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. Known as the "Buckeye" Division, it was one of the most highly-decorated National Guard units in World War II. Seventeen Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to National Guard troops during the war, and seven of them went to members of the 37th. The photograph measures 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). The 37th Infantry Division mustered in at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in October 1940. The division was sent to the Pacific theater in the spring of 1942. The division's first battle was in July 1943 in the Solomon Islands. It participated in fierce jungle fighting at New Georgia, Bougainville, and Guadalcanal. Also serving in the Philippine campaign, the division spent 592 days in combat zones, killed 33,590 Japanese soldiers, and captured 2,161 enemy prisoners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3219_3813107_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Sports; World War II; Soldiers; Volleyball
Places: Ohio; Solomon Islands
 

Description: Photograph of 37th Infantry Division soldiers cleaning equipment inside barracks at Camp Shelby, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, ca. 1940-1941. A unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II, the 37th Infantry Division was nicknamed the Buckeye Division, because it was a National Guard division from Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03392
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Hattiesburg (Mississippi); Forrest County (Mississippi)
 

Description: 37th Infantry Division review at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, April 7, 1941. This was a National Guard Division from Ohio. Their nickname was the "Buckeye Division." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03400
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Hattiesburg (Mississippi); Forrest County (Mississippi)
 

Description: This photograph shows an unidentified soldier in the 37th Infantry Division tending victory garden while stationed at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, during World War II. The 37th served in the Pacific under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. Known as the "Buckeye" Division, it was one of the most highly-decorated National Guard units in World War II. Seventeen Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to National Guard troops during the war, and seven of them went to members of the 37th. The photograph measures 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). The 37th Infantry Division mustered in at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in October 1940. The division was sent to the Pacific theater in the spring of 1942. The division's first battle was in July 1943 in the Solomon Islands. It participated in fierce jungle fighting at New Georgia, Bougainville, and Guadalcanal. Also serving in the Philippine campaign, the division spent 592 days in combat zones, killed 33,590 Japanese soldiers, and captured 2,161 enemy prisoners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3329_4692164_001
Subjects: Agriculture; Military Ohio; World War II; Victory gardens
Places: Ohio; Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)