Richard K. Sutherland - Great War

Great War

Later that year the National Guard was federalized and he served on the Mexican Border during the Pancho Villa Expedition. The future general soon accepted a National Guard commission as a second lieutenant in the field artillery. Soon after, he transferred to the Regular Army with a commission in the infantry. He was promoted to captain in 1917.

He served with the 2nd Division on the Western Front during World War I. He was a student at a tank school in England.

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