![]() It was also around this time that STUBBY wandered into the encampment and befriended the soldiers. ![]() The 1 st and 2 nd with nothing in between became the 102 nd Infantry and was made a part of the 26 th (YANKEE) division of Massachusetts. The 1 st and 2 nd could not muster the required number of forces between them to form a fully manned regiment of 1000 + so they were combined. It was during this phase that two important things occurred. The 1 st Connecticut from the Hartford area and the 2 nd Connecticut from the New Haven area were sent to Camp Yale in the vicinity of the Yale Bowl for encampment and training. In April of 1917 America finally entered the war and mobilized its National Guard forces. From 1914 to 1917 the French, Germans and others struggled with each other for control of France and Europe. The story of STUBBY actually starts with the beginning of the Great War in Europe. ![]()
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