

Photo Credit: Bayonets glinting in the sun, greatcoat-wearing American troops advance near the Somme in September 1918 at the beginning of the massive Meuse-Argonne offensive.
By William Stroock
At 0100 hours on September 12, 1918, German positions in the St. Mihiel salient on the Western Front were lit up by a massive artillery barrage. In all, more than 3,000 Allied guns of all sizes and calibers bombarded the previously quiet position. To the Germans’ surprise, the barrage ceased after only four hours, and American troops on the north and south sides of the salient emerged from their positions and started the perilous trek across no-man’s-land. The Germans wer
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