Author: Frederic Louis HuidekoperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
... The History of the 33rd Division, A.E.F., by Frederick Louis Huidekoper ...
Author: Frederic Louis HuidekoperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
The History of the 33rd Division, A. E. F.
Author: Frederic Louis HuidekoperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
... The History of the 33rd Division, A.E.F., by Frederick Louis Huidekoper ...
Author: Frederic Louis HuidekoperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Illinois in the World War: This history of the 33rd division, A.E.F., by Frederic Louis Huidekoper
Author: Theodore Calvin PeasePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Illinois in the World War
Author: States Publications SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Artillery Scout
Author: James G. BilderPublisher: Casemate
ISBN: 9781612002712
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Finalist- Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award The American Doughboys of World War I are often referred to as the "Lost Generation"; however, in this book we are able to gain an intimate look at their experiences after being thrust into the center of Europe's "Great War" and enduring some of the most grueling battles in U.S. history. Len Fairfield (the author's grandfather) was an Artillery Scout, or Forward Observer, for the U.S. Army, and was a firsthand witness to the war's carnage as he endured its countless hardships, all of which are revealed here in vivid detail. His story takes the reader from a hard life in Chicago, through conscription, rigorous training in America and France, and finally to the battles which have become synonymous with the U.S. effort in France--St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest, the latter claiming 26,000 American lives, more than any other U.S. battle. Fairfield, with his artillery in support of the 91st ("Wild West") Division, was on the front lines for it all, amidst a sea of carnage caused by bullets, explosives and gas, with the occasional enemy plane swooping in to add strafing to the chaos. Entire units were decimated before gaining a yard, and then the Doughboys would find German trenches filled with dead to indicate the enemy was suffering equally. The AEF endured a rare close-quarters visit to hell until it was sensed that the Germans were finally giving way, though fighting tooth-and-nail up to the very minute of the Armistice. This action-filled work brings the reader straight to the center of America's costly battles in World War I, reminding us once again how great-power status often has to be earned with blood on battlefields.
St. Mihiel 12-16 September 1918
Author: Donald A. CarterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780160946516
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The St. Mihiel salient, created during the initial German invasion in 1914, had withstood multiple French efforts to regain the territory. Yet even though the Germans had established strong defensive positions around St. Mihiel and its neighboring villages and towns, the salient was highly vulnerable to attack and was an optimal target for a potential American operation. Until this point in the war, members of the American Expeditionary Forces had not fought in a formation larger than a corps, and then only under French or British leadership. Now, as part of the American First Army under General John J. Pershing, they prepared to launch an offensive that would demonstrate to the Allies and the Germans alike that the Americans were capable of operating as an independent command. The AEF's successful efforts in the St. Mihiel Offensive, and the hard-won operational and tactical lessons that it learned during the battle, helped set the stage for the grand Allied offensive that would seize the initiative on the Western Front and blaze a path toward ultimate victory in the war.
The History of the A. E. F.
Author: Shipley ThomasPublisher: New York, George H. Doran Company [c1920]
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The 33rd Division Along the Meuse, October 1918
Author: Rexmond Canning CochranePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Author: Steven E. Clay