Download or read book The 92nd Division in the Marbache Sector October 1918 written by Rexmond Canning Cochrane and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Army Chemical Corps Historical Studies Gas Warfare in World War I The 92nd Division in the Marbache Sector October 1918 written by Rexmond C. Cochrane and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a tentative study of the gas experience of the 92nd Division during World War I. This study is not presented as a definitive and official history, but is reproduced for current reference use within the Military Establishment pending the publication of an approved history.
Download or read book The Last Buffalo written by E. B. Hogan and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts the life and military career of Walter Potts, the oldest documented soldier of the 92nd "Buffalo" Division in World War I.
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Download or read book In the Company of Generals written by Robert H. Ferrell and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pierpont Stackpole was a Boston lawyer who in January 1918 became aide to Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, soon to be commander of the first American corps in France. Stackpole’s diary, published here for the first time, is a major eyewitness account of the American Expeditionary Forces’ experience on the Western Front, offering an insider’s view into the workings of Liggett’s commands, his day-to-day business, and how he orchestrated his commands in trying and confusing situations. Hunter Liggett did not fit John J. Pershing’s concept of the trim and energetic officer, but Pershing entrusted to him a corps and then an army command. Liggett assumed leadership of the U.S. First Army in mid-October of 1918, and after reorganizing, reinforcing, and resting, the battle-weary troops broke through the German lines in a fourth attack at the Meuse-Argonne—accomplishing what Pershing had failed to do in three previous attempts. The victory paved the way to armistice on November 11. Liggett has long been a shadowy figure in the development of the American high command. He was “Old Army,” a veteran of Indian wars who nevertheless kept abreast of changes in warfare and more than other American officers was ready for the novelties of 1914–1918. Because few of his papers have survived, the diary of his aide—who rode in the general’s staff car as Liggett unburdened himself about fellow generals and their sometimes abysmal tactical notions—provides especially valuable insights into command within the AEF. Stackpole’s diary also sheds light on other figures of the war, presenting a different view of the controversial Major General Clarence Edwards than has recently been recorded and relating the general staff’s attitudes about the flamboyant aviation figure Billy Mitchell. General Liggett built the American army in France, and the best measure of his achievement is this diary of his aide. That record stands here as a fascinating and authentic look at the Great War.
Download or read book Two Colored Women in France in World War I New Intro Annotated written by Addie W. Hunton and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 150,000 African-American soldiers, officers and men went to France to serve in WWI. Alongside them were thousands of African-American women who served in the various volunteer relief organizations like the Red Cross and the Y.M.C.A. Addie Hunton and Kathryn Johnson were two of the women who served. With keen observation and intelligence, they tell the story of what it was like to be overseas "fighting for democracy" with only a glimmer of hope of achieving it back home after the war. They relate the soldiers' stories as well as their own excitement at their new experiences in Europe. Their experience of interacting with the French sharply contrasted with the segregation and humiliation exported from America to France with the Yankee troops. Yet they did not carry bitterness home with them. They remained proud and glad that they had the privilege to serve. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Download or read book Two Colored Women with the American Expeditionary Forces written by Addie W. Hunton and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Y.M.C.A work among African-American troops in France during World War I.
Download or read book America s Deadliest Battle written by Robert H. Ferrell and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American fighting men had never seen the likes of it before. The great battle of the Meuse-Argonne was the costliest conflict in American history, with 26,000 men killed and tens of thousands wounded. Involving 1.2 million American troops over 47 days, it ended on November 11-what we now know as Armistice Day-and brought an end to World War I, but at a great price. Distinguished historian Robert Ferrell now looks back at this monumental struggle to create the definitive study of the battle-and to determine just what made it so deadly. Ferrell reexamines factors in the war that many historians have chosen to disregard. He points first to the failure of the Wilson administration to mobilize the country for war. American industry had not been prepared to produce the weaponry or transport ships needed by our military, and the War Department-with outmoded concepts of battle shaped by the Spanish-American War-shared equal blame in failing to train American soldiers for a radically new type of warfare. Once in France, undertrained American doughboys were forced to learn how to conduct mobile warfare through bloody experience. Ferrell assesses the soldiers' lack of skill in the use of artillery, the absence of tactics for taking on enemy machine gun nests, and the reluctance of American officers to use poison gas-even though by 1918 it had become a staple of warfare. In all of these areas, the German army held the upper hand. Ferrell relates how, during the last days of the Meuse-Argonne, the American divisions had finally learned up-to-date tactics, and their final attack on November 1 is now seen as a triumph of military art. Yet even as the armistice was being negotiated, some American officers-many of whom had never before commanded men in battle-continued to spur their troops on, wasting more lives in an attempt to take new ground mere hours before the settlement. Besides the U.S. shortcomings in mobilization and tactics, Ferrell points to the greatest failure of all: the failure to learn from the experience, as after the armistice the U.S. Army retreated to its prewar mindset. Enhanced by more than four dozen maps and photographs, America's Deadliest Battle is a riveting revisit to the forests of France that reminds us of the costs of World War I-and of the shadow that it cast on the twentieth century.
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Download or read book U S Army Recruiting News written by United States. Adjutant-General's Office and published by . This book was released on with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Crisis written by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A record of the darker races.
Download or read book Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U S Military Academy at West Point N Y Since Its Establishment in 1802 written by George Washington Cullum and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unjustly Dishonored written by Robert H. Ferrell and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2011-05-20 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- One: Training -- Two: Argonne -- Three: Engineers and Artillery -- Four: Marbache -- Five: Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Download or read book Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U S Military Academy at West Point N Y 1 6810 written by George Washington Cullum and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scott s Official History of the American Negro in the World War written by Emmett Jay Scott and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A complete account from official sources of the participation of African Americans in World War I including their involvement in war work organizations like the Red Cross, YMCA, and the war camp community service. The text includes an official summary of the treaty of peace and League of Nations covenant. With the entry of the United States into the Great War in 1917, African Americans were eager to show their patriotism in hopes of being recognized as full citizens. However, they were barred from the Marines, the Aviation unit of the Army, and served only in menial roles in the Navy. Despite their poor treatment, African-American soldiers provided much support overseas to the European Allies as well as at home" -- Bookseller's description.
Download or read book Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U S Military Academy from 1802 to 1867 written by George Washington Cullum and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U S Military Academy at West Point N Y from Its Establishment 1902 to 1890 written by George Washington Cullum and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
