Nov 29, 2018
At 0230 on the 26th of September, 1918, 2,775 French and American guns opened up on the German lines from the Argonne Forest to the River Meuse. Three hours later, nine divisions of American Doughboys were up out of their muddy trenches and into the mist. The largest battle in American military history was underway.
Nov 11, 2018
A short reflection on Armistice Day, 2018.
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Oct 16, 2018
On the 12th of September 1918, well over a half million American Doughboys of the AEF First Army went on the attack with their French allies. Less than forty-eight hours later the St. Mihiel Salient--long a painful thorn in the French Army’s side--had been completely destroyed.
St. Mihiel was the first independent...
Oct 2, 2018
On the centenary of the story of the Lost Battalion, we have a very special guest who will talk to us about this epic tale of American heroism, leadership, grit, and a stubborn will to resist in the First World War.
Robert J. Laplander is the author of “Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths...
Sep 26, 2018
In the summer of 1918 the Germans were spent, and the Allies began rolling them back. Supreme Allied Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch had a plan to smash the enemy back and potentially end the war that year.
GEN John J “Blackjack” Pershing and his American Expeditionary Force were to play a major role in Foch’s...