Have you ever hear of the 85th Division which was stationed at Fort Custer in Battle Creek during World War 1?  The Division of 28,000 men were shipped to Europe in the summer of 1918, and when they arrived, 5000 of them formed the 339th Infantry and were sent not to France, but to Archangel, Russia near the Arctic Circle to fight the Bolshevik Army (the Russian Communists who had taken control of Russia).  They ended up serving almost a full year after the war in Europe ended, in some of the harshest conditions any American Troops have ever faced.  

The unit consisted of mostly men from Michigan, and some from Wisconsin.  Their story of fighting in minus 50 degree temperatures, for months on end is a forgotten story from the Great War to many.  It is an important part of Southwest Michigan history.

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