Thirty-second Red Arrow Division

Thirty-second Red Arrow Division is a Michigan historical marker in Grayling, Crawford County, dedicated 1977.

500 Howe Road, Grayling

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After American entry into World War I in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson ordered all of Michigan’s National Guard to Camp Grayling. Eight thousand of these troops then went to Texas where they joined Wisconsin soldiers to form the Thirty-second Division. Arriving in France in 1918, the division earned the name “Red Arrow” for its swift assaults through German lines. During World War II the Thirty-second Red Arrow Division fought courageously in the Pacific theatre and received a commendation from General Douglas MacArthur.

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Historical maps covering this location

1897 · Southern Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1907 · Map of the original swamp areas of the lower peninsula of Michigan. : 1907. Compiled from… (University of Michigan Library)
1911 · Map of the surface formations of the Southern Peninsula of Michigan (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1925 · Rand McNally Official 1925 Auto Trails Map: Special Around Lake Michigan (The Chicago… (University of Chicago Library, Mapping Chicagoland · CC BY-NC 4.0, used by permission)
1927 · Sectional paved road map (Continues) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Southern Michigan, 1897, covering the location of Thirty-second Red Arrow Division, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Southern Michigan, 1897, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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