. History of the Ohio state university . Men Wounded in the Allied Somme Offensive, August, 1918, Waiting forAmbulances. (Photo supplied by Professor James E. Pollard).. Twenty-four Red Cross Ambulances at St. Martin, France, Ready toMove. (Photo supplied by Professor James E. Pollard), American Divisions on Other Fronts 69 in the division were decorated with the Croix de Guerre forthis exploit. A noteworthy feature of this campaign was the presenceof the 301st Heavy Tank Battalion, the only American heavytank unit to get into action. This battalion was equipped withBritish heavy tanks, provid
. History of the Ohio state university . Men Wounded in the Allied Somme Offensive, August, 1918, Waiting forAmbulances. (Photo supplied by Professor James E. Pollard).. Twenty-four Red Cross Ambulances at St. Martin, France, Ready toMove. (Photo supplied by Professor James E. Pollard), American Divisions on Other Fronts 69 in the division were decorated with the Croix de Guerre forthis exploit. A noteworthy feature of this campaign was the presenceof the 301st Heavy Tank Battalion, the only American heavytank unit to get into action. This battalion was equipped withBritish heavy tanks, provided by the British Army on the con-dition that they should be employed with the British forces inFrance. The personnel of the battalion was trained in Eng-land. These tanks preceded the infantry in the advance ofSeptember 29. There were three Ohio State men in this bat-talion. Carl MacMillan, who had been in ambulance work withthe French Army in 1917, and then at as civilian trans-lator, was sent to England in July for special training in theoperation, maintenance, and tactics of heavy tanks at Ware-ham, and returned to France, with the rank of second lieu-
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