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WW1 Military Panoramic Photo 11/10/191729 1/2 x 9 in.The 20th Engineer Regiment was formed on September 9, 1917 at American University in Washington, D.C. Major Earl S. Atkinson was in command until relieved on September 15th by Colonel W. A. Mitchell, who had been stationed in the office of the Chief of Engineers working on the regiment\'s organization. Due to limited capacity at American University, the battalions were organized over a stretch of time, with a few units billeted at Fort Myer and Camp Belvoir, Virginia, for short periods of time.Units of the Regiment shipped out over a period of time, with the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 20th Engineers departing for France on November 11, 1917. Part of the 6th Battalion of the 20th Engineers was shipped to France aboard a former British transport ship. With the engineers and others embarked,the SS Tuscania was torpedoed by a German U-Boatoff the coast of the Isle of Islay, Ireland. Over 200 US soldiers died in the incident, 95 of them from the 6th Battalion, 20th Engineers. (Photo courtesy of the Saturday Evening Post, March 1918.)
watch on YouTube -WWI: The 20th Engineers Regiment (\"Fighting Foresters\")
