Many New Hanover County soldiers went into the 119th regiment, 30th Division of the U.S. Army.
Regiments were segregated and it was expected that Blacks would not have to fight. Lt. Thomas J. Bulloch was a black officer.
One third of those drafted did not have to go into the military.
Flu killed a lot of the soldiers.
Two million American soldiers were sent overseas.
North Carolina whites served in the 30th Division. The division arrived in France in May 1918. The commander of the U.S. forces, General Pershing did not want his soldiers serving under British or French officers.
The 30th was involved in the battle that led to the fall of the Hindenburg Line and the Meusse-Argonne.
--Cooter
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