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Back to SearchMeuse Argonne - The Keystone, the Shorn Oak, and the Aire Valley
Episode 57
The 28th "Keystone" Division (Pennsylvania) both slugs it out with the Germans in the Argonne Forest over Le Chène Tondu ridge, and pushes its way up…
6 years, 6 months ago
Meuse Argonne - l'Homme Mort, or, the Small Pocket
Episode 56
The 77th Division continues its grind through the Argonne Forest in the last days of September 1918. Under orders to advance without regard to flanks…
6 years, 7 months ago
Meuse Argonne - Buffalo Soldiers at Binarville
Episode 55
As the American 1st Army launched its attack on the Meuse-Argonne on the 26th of September, the 368th Infantry Regiment of the segregated 92nd Buffal…
6 years, 8 months ago
Meuse Argonne - 26 September 1918, Pt 3 - AEF 3rd Corps and French 17th Corps
Episode 54
The AEF 3rd Corps attacks with three divisions on the right of the attack front. The 4th "Ivy" Division attacks the German lines and supports the att…
6 years, 10 months ago
Meuse Argonne - 26 September 1918, Pt 2 - AEF 5th Corps
Episode 53
The AEF 5th Corps launches its three divisions in the center of the Meuse-Argonne attack front. The 91st "Wild West" Division thrusts up towards the …
6 years, 11 months ago
An Interview with Christopher Huang
In this stand-alone episode we have an interview with Christopher Huang, who is the author of the recently-released detective novel "A Gentleman's Mu…
7 years, 1 month ago
Meuse Argonne - 26 September 1918, Pt 1 - AEF 1st Corps
Episode 52
From the Argonne Forest to the Butte du Vauquois, the AEF 1st Corps goes on the attack. The 77th "Metropolitan" Division plunges into the Argonne. Th…
7 years, 1 month ago
Meuse Argonne - The Most Serious Business
Episode 51
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. Thre…
7 years, 3 months ago
Armistice Day 2018
A short reflection on Armistice Day, 2018.
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7 years, 3 months ago
Meuse Argonne - The Battle of St. Mihiel
Episode 50
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 th…
7 years, 4 months ago