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Meuse Argonne – Army of One

Finally, the retired United States Army motto finds a proper use.

On October 7th, 1918, PVT John Lewis Barkley, a scout in the 3rd Division AEF, decided “to make things interesting for the Germans for a while.” With a captured machine gun and some four thousand rounds of ammunition, he engaged an enemy battalion-sized unit.

Single-handedly.

From inside an abandoned tank.

Here is his story.

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“A Calamity of Errors:” A Discussion on the US 5th Marine Regiment on Blanc Mont, October 1918

Returning guest and University of Oklahoma PhD candidate James P. Gregory tackles the subject of the US 5th Marine Regiment on Blanc Mont on October 4th, 1918, a day that would see the highest casualties ever taken by the Marines until World War Two a generation later. James argues that events and leadership led to “a calamity of errors” with deadly results for the Marines on the ground.

James’ article can be found here:

https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/MarineCorpsHistory_vol7no2_Winter2021_web.pdf?fbclid=IwAR14uKs6rllEZRBZuZ29HpJFUn-39FBOPRAlUcdWG0QPc4gpFFHgse2z0pI

LTCs Owen and Swift’s “A Hideous Price” can be found here:

https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/A%20Hideous%20Price_WEB.pdf

https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/hideous-price-4th-brigade-blanc-mont-2-10-october-1918

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Meuse Argonne – At a Stiff Price

October 4th, 1918: the AEF 5th Corps launches new attacks on the German lines in the Meuse with two fresh divisions, the veteran 32nd and 3rd. The attacks center on the Kriemhilde Line defenses around Gesnes-en-Argonne and north of Cierges-sous-Montfaucon.

Matt Dixon’s “Footsteps of the Fallen” is a podcast you need to listen to:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/footsteps-of-the-fallen/id1528864547

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Meuse Argonne – The Devil Went Loose in the Woods

On October 4th, 1918 the AEF 1st Army launched a new series of attacks on the Meuse battlefront, hoping to break the German lines. On the army’s right front, the 80th and 4th Divisions of 3rd Corps found themselves fighting in the Bois des Ogons and the Bois de Fays.

Folks, check out the new intro and outro music from listener Brian F., aka Aislingeach!

More of Aislingeach’s awesome music is here:

https://aislingeach.bandcamp.com/

Link to Andrew Capets’ book “Good War, Great Men: The Detailed Accounts of a Machine Gun Battalion during WW1:”

https://www.amazon.com/Good-War-Great-Men-Battalion/dp/0692116478

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Podcast Recommendation: Everything Everywhere Daily

I wanted to tell you about a podcast that I think you will really enjoy. It is called Everything Everywhere Daily.

If you are a remotely curious person, and let’s face it–if you are listening to this podcast, you are more than a remotely curious person–you’ll love Everything Everywhere Daily.

Every day you will get short episodes averaging about 10 minutes, which tell stories from every era of history, as well as explain subjects relating to technology, science, and geography.

You can learn something new every day, often about topics that you didn’t even know you didn’t know about.

So here is a full episode of the show on a topic I think you might enjoy.

Remember, you can subscribe to Everything Everywhere Daily wherever you are listening to this podcast.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-everywhere-daily/id1521870190

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France November 2021 Trip Recap with Robert J. Laplander and Alexander Curran

We have had some folks ask, so we have delivered. Guests on this impromptu episode are Robert J. Laplander and Alexander Curran.

This is an unfiltered recap of our recent trip to France! While there we conducted a field recon for the Doughboy MIA project that made some wonderful and important friendships for us. Our newest team member, Alex, discusses a Doughboy MIA case that is very close to him personally.

Also discussed is the amazing opportunity to walk a 103-year-old diary written by a member of the Lost Battalion saga back through the very Argonne Forest where its pages were first filled. This was an unforgettable day that saw several World War One enthusiasts come together for a poignant walk through history-laden woods.

Come join our discussion and relive some of our best moments. Don’t forget – you can join us and experience the same ground with Lost Battalion Tours.

To support Doughboy MIA’s “Ten for Them” program, click on the following link:

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/doughboy-mia-home.html

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“The York Patrol:” an Interview with James Carl Nelson

Author James Carl Nelson joins me in discussing his latest book, “The York Patrol: The Real Story of Alvin York and the Unsung Heroes Who Made Him World War I’s Most Famous Soldier.”

The passing of a century and other events has worked to create and solidify the legend of SGT Alvin York, where the story goes that York single-handedly (or nearly so) took on the German Army, killed some 25 enemy soldiers, and then captured 132 more. More recently, the story has been garnering attention for the fact that sixteen other men were part of and present for what is known as the York Patrol.

Mr. Nelson’s “The York Patrol” is but the latest book to cover the ongoing legend of SGT York, perhaps America’s most famous Doughboy of WW1:

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-york-patrol-james-carl-nelson?variant=32126628495394

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Meuse Argonne – Sergeant York

On October 8th, 1918, seventeen men of the AEF 82nd Division went on a fateful patrol into the Argonne Forest. One of them would become a legend.

This episode will tell the story of Alvin York, both from the conventional telling and a newer recounting from the side of the other sixteen men there.

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Talking 28th Division AEF with Aaron Heft

Join us for a great discussion with Aaron Heft, currently serving as a SFC in the Army National Guard. Aaron works as a unit historian with the Army National Guard’s Leader Development program, where he uses lessons from the past to train and prepare today’s soldiers for the battlefield.

He joins us to discuss the American 28th “Keystone” Division in World War I, a unit of primarily Pennsylvania National Guardsmen of which Aaron is currently a member. This talk will not be exclusively about the 28th’s time in the Meuse-Argonne, so you will hear about some other battles and engagements elsewhere along the Western Front.

Link for the video version is here:

https://youtu.be/ANOM4MYAUBA

Book links here:

Wendy Yessler, Private Compton, https://www.amazon.com/Private-Compton-Experiences-Battalion-Infantry/dp/0578503131
William Graham, Hells Observer, https://www.amazon.com/Hells-Observer-Wartime-American-Expeditionary/dp/0615620914/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=hells+observer&qid=1634085281&s=books&sr=1-1
H.W. Hilton, War Over Half a Century Ago, https://www.amazon.com/War-Over-Half-Century-Ago/dp/B0006XLAUA/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=war+over+half+a+century+ago&qid=1634085329&s=books&sr=1-1
James Murrin, With the 112th In France, https://www.amazon.com/112th-France-Doughboyss-Story-War/dp/1356238629/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=with+the+112th+in+france&qid=1634085382&s=books&sr=1-1
Chester Baker, Doughboys Diary, https://www.amazon.com/Doughboys-Diary-Millie-Ragosta-ebook/dp/B00UQOMIVO/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=doughboy+diary&qid=1634085497&s=books&sr=1-3
George Cooper, Our Second Battalion, https://www.amazon.com/Our-Second-Battalion-Accurate-Authentic/dp/1358194335/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Our+second+battalion&qid=1634085528&s=books&sr=1-1
James Wharton, Squad, https://www.amazon.com/Squad-James-B-Wharton/dp/B000872FNA/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=squad+james+hwarton&qid=1634085565&s=books&sr=1-1-spell
Hervey Allen, It Was Like This, https://www.amazon.com/Was-Like-This-Hervey-ALLEN/dp/B000MXD50M/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=it+was+like+this+hervey+allen&qid=1634085597&s=books&sr=1-1
Hervey Allen, Towards the Flame, https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Flame-Memoir-World-War/dp/0803259476/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=towards+the+flame+hervey+allen&qid=1634085618&s=books&sr=1-1

10.Bob Hoffman, I Remember the Last War, https://www.amazon.com/Remember-Last-War-Original-Restored/dp/1467930237/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=bob+hoffman+I+remember+the+last+war&qid=1634085666&s=books&sr=1-1

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Meuse Argonne – Breaking the Argonne

Efforts to relieve the Lost Battalion and break the German hold on the Argonne Forest led to an innovative attack devised by AEF 1st Corps commander LTG Hunter Liggett.

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