The 91st ‘Wild West’ Division in World War l

1918: U.S. Army 91st Division troops leave unknown French Village where they had been billetted before heading to the front during the Arnonne-Meuse offensive.

(Harry A. Williams / Los Angeles Times)

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The U.S. Army’s 91st Infantry Division, nicknamed “Wild West Division,” was made up of soldiers from California and many other Western states. In 1921, the division held a reunion in Los Angeles — covered in the Sept. 16 and Sept. 25, 1921, editions of the Los Angeles Times.

1918: Members of the U.S. Army 91st Division during a respite in the Argonne-Meuse offense near Very, France. Shells were falling constantly and German aircraft flying low overhead. (Harry A. Williams / Los Angeles Times)

1918: Members of the 91st Infrantry Division, the Wild West Division, in early morning mess back near Verdun after 12 days of fighting in the Argonne_Meuse offensive. (Harry A. Williams / Los Angeles Times)

1918: Members of the 91st Infrantry Division take advantage of community washing troughs in village near Bar-le-Duc France. (Harry A. Williams / Los Angeles Times)

1918: Soldiers with the U.S. Army 91st Infrantry Division advance to their positions in the line for the Argonne-Meuse Offensive. This photo was published in the Sep.25, 1921 Los Angeles Times accompanying a story on a reunion of the division. (Harry A. Williams / Los Angeles Times)