The 2nd Division A. E. F. — Second To None

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The history of the 2d Division, A.E.F., is now an imperishable part of the drama of our military annals, where its deeds are recorded among those of the American Regular, deeds of glorious memory. And so, if each man continues to do his duty as in the past, our successors may sometime say to some future commander—

"These are American regulars, in two hundred and fifty years they have never been beaten."

Walter J. Haglund
Co. A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Engineers, 2nd Division, A.E.F.
Engers, Germany across the Rhine River. 1918

The Indian Head Divisional insignia was originated during the stay in Lorraine. The Supply Train commander, Lieutenant Colonel William F. Herringshaw, had been attracted by the devices used by the French to identify their trucks, so he called upon his train to submit designs for a 2d Division insignia. The Indian Head, submitted by Sergeant Louis B. Lundy, Company A, 2d Supply Train, modified by a design submitted by Sergeant John Kenny, Company B, 2d Supply Train, was adopted. This device appeared upon the trucks in April, 1918 and was later accepted as the insignia of the Division and was officially recognized shortly after the Armistice.

('2d Supply Train Memo., Mar. 28th. Letter 2d Supply Train to 2d Div., Apr. 12th with indorsement of approval April 14th. Correspondence 2d Div. with GHQ, Oct. 20th-Nov. 6th, 1918.')