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Sledgehammer Games’ Call of Duty: WWII is out today and reviews and impressions are already starting to drift in. The game is a return to a setting that made the franchise famous and one that it hasn’t visited in nearly a decade. But this isn’t just another opportunity to tell old war stories starring “the greatest generation.” There is an added layer of responsibility here, embedded deep within the game’s narrative.Call of Duty: WWII is told from the perspective of a young enlisted man in the United States Army’s First Infantry Division, an active duty unit that turns 100 this year.
That means the First Division is our nation’s oldest infantry division. It is both the precursor to and the model for every infantry division that our nation has put in the field since the turn of the last century. Its troops have served continuously since World War I, and are actively serving in theaters around the world today.

The seriousness necessary to tell part of the First Division’s history was on display when I spoke with Sledgehammer at this year’s E3 in Los Angeles.

“It’s a huge responsibility,” said Tolga Kart, the senior development director on the game’s single-player campaign. “Somebody asked me before if that’s a blessing or a curse. It’s a blessing, in that we get to touch the lives of millions of players who haven’t been exposed to this before.”

To find out more, Polygon reached out to Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Ill., a unique facility nestled in Chicago’s sleepy western suburbs. Notably, it’s the estate of the late Robert R. McCormick, a retired Colonel in the First Division and the architect of the Chicago Tribune’s media empire. Cantigny is also home to the First Division Museum.

We spoke to Dr. Paul H. Herbert, executive director at the museum and himself a retired colonel in the U.S. Army, to discuss the history of The Big Red One.

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