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Published on: 2012-05-17
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ... knew how to meet and face death. With the falling of the barrage, two hundred meters in their front, the 1st Battalion, fresh and impatient, sprang forward and closed upon the line of bursting steel. Men fell fast, but on swept the successive waves. More than fifty bodies of their brave numbers were afterward counted in front of a single group of shelter trenches. Typical of their spirit, there was one, who, even in death, knelt with his rifle ready to raise, his long flaxen hair falling back from his fair forehead and his face calm in its defiance of the danger that awaited. Among the many bodies of the enemy dead at this point were those of several German officers thickly surrounded by the corpses of their men. But even a more sanguinary task awaited at the Montrefagne. A fresh enemy battalion had occupied this position during the night. From its commanding trenches it could fire directly into the approaching Americans. Up the steep ascent, through the scrubby growth and across open stretches, the line pressed forward in close liaison with the 18th Infantry on the left. Men charged and recharged, the defenders fighting with the desperation of a last stand. No longer was there thought of trenches or cover. Rifles were used at close quarters and the bayonet came into its own. From the very summit to the base lay the bodies of friend and foe who fell in that resistless onslaught. The position was won by extermination and the 28th Infantry was again on its objective. There could have been no greater tribute to the fighting power of the 18th Infantry than the selection of the 3d Battalion to continue, on October 5th, the assault which it had made the previous day. From their shallow trenches of the night the men could look across an open space to the fringe o... Office of Medical History office of medical history amedd regiment amedd museum : history of the office of medical history History - Second Indianhead Division Association HISTORY OF THE SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION The Second Infantry Divisions history is replete with heroic individual actions and exemplary unit operations against ... World War I - Wikipedia World War I; Clockwise from the top: The aftermath of shelling during the Battle of the Somme Mark V tanks cross the Hindenburg Line HMS Irresistible sinks after ... Data on U.S. Army Divisions during World War I WWI The ... Data on U.S. Army Divisions during World War I. Also see at this web site: "American Decorations and Insignia of Honor and Service" by Robert E. Wyllie American Expeditionary Forces - Wikipedia The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) consisted of the United States Armed Forces sent to Europe under the command of General John J. Pershing in 1917 to help fight ... CMH Publications Catalog - U.S. Army Center Of Military ... cmh publications by publication number. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 20 21 22 23 24 30 35 40 45 50 51 55 58 ... Research - The 78th Infantry Lightning Division Veterans ... 2. Other Books and Writings. Miller Edward G. Desperate Hours at Kesternich World War II Volume II Number 4 November 1996 Cowles Enthusiast Media History ... CMH Publications Catalog - US Army Center of Military History CMH PUBLICATIONS BY TITLE. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z (Note: The words "a(n)" and "the ... WWI Primary and Secondary Sources: Print and Online ... WWI Primary and Secondary Sources: Print and Online: Primary Sources Loot.co.za: Sitemap 9780078655623 0078655625 Signature Reading: Level L Spe 9781606641453 160664145X Moth and Rust Mary Cholmondeley 9780744579505 0744579503 S/Wrap - Bca Fiction X5 Zzz
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