Though he's not physically buried in Centralia, a headstone still stands at Washington Lawn Cemetery honoring U.S. Army First Lieutenant Elmer John Noble, who was killed in action on Sept. 26, 1918, ...
I wrote about my great-uncle Foster Stevens, who was killed nine days before the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice that ended World ...
As part of our trip, we went to Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon. We were so impressed by how beautifully this pristine cemetery is looked after, but saddened by the rows ...
They had fought together at Belleau Wood, clawing their way through enemy-infested thickets in a battle that became legendary in the Marine Corps. They had clung to the sides of the same shell ...
The Armistice ending the Great War was slated to go into effect at 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918. Just an hour and a half ...
It became the final battle − the enormous Meuse-Argonne Offensive – and began Sept. 26. Although the American troops were mainly “untried and inexperienced,” the Allied commanders hoped ...
In 2018, a century after his grandmother's beloved older brother was killed in France during the closing days of World War I, ...
But a year later, with Gen. John J. Pershing’s American Expeditionary Force about to launch the war’s climactic Meuse-Argonne offensive, P.R. and his men were still statewide. “Captain P.R ...
Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing was one of only two men ever to be named “general of the Armies of the United States” — ...
Charles White Whittlesey, a real officer who received the Medal of Honor for leading the Lost Battalion through the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and eventually, back to friendly lines. Prime Video ...