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I received the American Heritage magazine today that had a pretty good article on this battle. This was the most
bloody costliest battle in American history, bar none. Yet, I knew little about it until now. Here is a link to the
American Cemetery where there are 14,000 men and woman buried, yet it gets few American visitors.
MEUSE-ARGONNE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ma.php
There is lots of info on the web if you google Meuse-Argonne. Here is one link: http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/bigshow.htm
The worse part about this is that I spent the better part of three years in close proximity to this area and not once did the American
Military ever, to my knowledge, attempt to convey the knowledge of their sacrifice to current service members in the theater. Shame.
Here's more:
ST. MIHIEL AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/sm.php
Irony of Ironies - I remember visiting a monument and just looked back at the pictures I had and found out it was the Montsec American
Monument St Mihiel Saillant. Little did I know that I was a mere 12 miles from the cemetery. Too bad the internet wasn't around then.
I might have been able to grasp the significance of where I was.
http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/sm_base.pdf
Mémorial américain de la butte de Montsec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie0Wde9ByLQ&feature=related
MONTSEC MONUMENT
On a high isolated hill, 12-miles/19 km from the St. Mihiel American Cemetery,
stands the Montsec Monument. It commemorates the capture of the St. Mihiel salient by
the American First Army, the operations of the American Second Army on 9-11
November 1918, and other combat services of American divisions both in this region and
in Alsace and Lorraine.
The monument consists of a large circular colonnade, at the center of which, on a
raised platform, is a bronze relief map of the St. Mihiel salient. Its size, its commanding
site, and the perfection of its proportions combine to make it one of the most impressive
in Europe.
On the right side of a flight of steps leading to the monument is engraved:
THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA TO COMMEMORATE THE CAPTURE OF THE ST. MIHIEL SALIENT
BY THE TROOPS OF HER FIRST ARMY AND TO RECORD THE SERVICES OF
THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES ON THE BATTLEFRONT IN THIS
REGION AND ELSEWHERE IN LORRAINE AND IN ALSACE. IT STANDS AS A
LASTING SYMBOL OF THE FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE
FRENCH AND AMERICAN ARMIES.
bloody costliest battle in American history, bar none. Yet, I knew little about it until now. Here is a link to the
American Cemetery where there are 14,000 men and woman buried, yet it gets few American visitors.
MEUSE-ARGONNE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ma.php
There is lots of info on the web if you google Meuse-Argonne. Here is one link: http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/bigshow.htm
The worse part about this is that I spent the better part of three years in close proximity to this area and not once did the American
Military ever, to my knowledge, attempt to convey the knowledge of their sacrifice to current service members in the theater. Shame.
Here's more:
ST. MIHIEL AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/sm.php
Irony of Ironies - I remember visiting a monument and just looked back at the pictures I had and found out it was the Montsec American
Monument St Mihiel Saillant. Little did I know that I was a mere 12 miles from the cemetery. Too bad the internet wasn't around then.
I might have been able to grasp the significance of where I was.
http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/sm_base.pdf
Mémorial américain de la butte de Montsec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie0Wde9ByLQ&feature=related
MONTSEC MONUMENT
On a high isolated hill, 12-miles/19 km from the St. Mihiel American Cemetery,
stands the Montsec Monument. It commemorates the capture of the St. Mihiel salient by
the American First Army, the operations of the American Second Army on 9-11
November 1918, and other combat services of American divisions both in this region and
in Alsace and Lorraine.
The monument consists of a large circular colonnade, at the center of which, on a
raised platform, is a bronze relief map of the St. Mihiel salient. Its size, its commanding
site, and the perfection of its proportions combine to make it one of the most impressive
in Europe.
On the right side of a flight of steps leading to the monument is engraved:
THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA TO COMMEMORATE THE CAPTURE OF THE ST. MIHIEL SALIENT
BY THE TROOPS OF HER FIRST ARMY AND TO RECORD THE SERVICES OF
THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES ON THE BATTLEFRONT IN THIS
REGION AND ELSEWHERE IN LORRAINE AND IN ALSACE. IT STANDS AS A
LASTING SYMBOL OF THE FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE
FRENCH AND AMERICAN ARMIES.
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