29th Infantry Division
Documents related to the 29th’s service in WWII

29th Division Artifacts

29th INFANTRY DIVISION GUESTBOOK

Shortly after his arrival to take command of the 29th Infantry Division in July 1943, Maj. Gen. Charles Gerhardt began the tradition of asking all visitors to his headquarters to sign the division’s guestbook.

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Monty and Gerow

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Ike, Nancy Astor, and others

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Bill Mauldin

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Colonel Furst

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29th DIVISION "FIELD OFFICER RECORD BOOK"

Any officer who joined the 29th Division at field grade (major or above), or achieved that rank while in service with the division, was expected to sign General Gerhardt’s “Field Officer Record Book.”

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29th Division General Officers

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Maj. Thomas Howie

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Colonel William Purnell