Never to be Forgotten: Soldiers of the Meuse-Argonne
Shown in the visitor center at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, this film, through historic and modern-day imagery, and recollections from letters, gives a clearer perspective of the true cost of war. The film touches on the intense fighting of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. It discusses how family members had to select repatriation to the United States for burial, or permanent interment in an American, overseas cemetery. It covers the Gold Start Mother Pilgrimages that gave women the opportunity to visit their son or husband’s burial location overseas. The film also includes details about how African-American women were treated during these pilgrimages.
ALVIN YORK - WikiVidi Documentary
Alvin Cullum York , also known as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking 35 machine guns, killing at least 25 enemy soldiers, and capturing 132. York's Medal of Honor action occurred during the United States-led portion of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France, which was intended to breach the Hindenburg line and force the Germans to surrender. York was born in rural Tennessee. His parents farmed, and his father worked as a blacksmith. The eleven York children had minimal schooling, because they helped provide for the family, which included hunting, fishing, and hiring out as laborers. After the death of York's father, he assisted in caring for his younger siblings, and found work as a logger and on construction crews. Despite being a regular churchgoer, York also drank heavily, and was prone to fistfights. After a 1914 conversion experience, he...
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00:08:14 World War I
00:12:25 Homecoming and fame
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[WWI - 1918-19, France: Red Cross Welfare Activities]
Nantes, France. Interior, Red Cross nurses pouring hot soup / coffee & serving breakfast food to troops in a cafeteria / canteen serving line. CU smiling worker. MCU soldiers sitting eating & drinking. LS of barracks mess hall.
03:01:38 Ext. Chatel Chehery w/ sign: American Red Cross Outpost. Line of soldiers given single cigarettes from helmet.
03:02:19 Soldier w/ bandaged head wound opening package & eating cookies; other soldiers in background.
03:02:46 CU envelope & packet labeled: Specially prepared for the American Red Cross. MS handing to wounded soldier along w/ cigarette by officer who lights his cigarette.
03:03:21 Varennes and Cheppy. Soldiers around American Red Cross Outpost Service Truck amid wreckage getting chocolate, wounded smoking & talking. Chocolate dipped & poured into cups.
03:04:19 Bouillon, Belgium. Civilians pose in front of mountain tunnel to greet U.S. troops. CU posing w/ soldiers. MLS tilt up castle front.
03:05:01 Viel Maisson Red Cross woman & others distribute cigarettes from wagon to 30th Infantry troops.
03:06:56 MCU Red Cross women handing ? to injured / bandaged men leaning out train windows.
03:07:12 Unid. officer w/ cane looking at, greeting & giving cookies to wounded lying on stretchers on ground as soldiers watch. MCU talking to some. Soldiers carry stretchers on field along hedgerow. Place on ground & CU of wounds dressed by medics at a Fleville aid station. Information taken down. CU smoking & smiling soldier on stretcher on ground.
03:10:16 Railroad platform w/ signs: Coblenz, Coln, Saarbrucken. Coffee and sandwiches served to troops in Trier, Germany.
03:10:45 Women in Army uniforms (?) & civilian coats w/ A on sleeves pose in doorway w/ dog(s) on leash.
03:10:55 Nurses in front of building w/ large sign: American Red Cross Enlisted Mens Club, pose talking.
03:11:12 Interior w/ women giving soldiers money & papers.
03:11:36 Nurses & men around piano singing. Nurses & soldiers dancing.
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The Weapons of WWI
The machine gun changed the war front and defined and dominated the WWI experience.
World War I
Sergeant Alvin C. York of the U.S. 82nd Division is probably the most famous Medal of Honor recipient and his combat experience is detailed here. As is the epic story of Corporal Freddie Stowers who was posthumously awarded the medal seventy-three years after his 1918 action.
The U.S. Army - 1900-Today
The advancement and reform of our nations Army, from 1900 to today
Sergeant York Battle Scene Argonne Forest France
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After his platoon had suffered heavy casualties and 3 other noncommissioned officers had become casualties, Corporal York assumed command. Fearlessly leading 7 men, he charged with great daring a machinegun nest which was pouring deadly and incessant fire upon his platoon. In this heroic feat the machinegun nest was taken, together with 4 officers and 128 men and several guns. For his actions that day, Alvin C. York was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. For more on the real life story of Alvin C. York click below:
Alvin C. York
Alvin Cullum York, known also by his rank, Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated soldiers of the United States Army in World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking 32 machine guns, killing 20 German soldiers, and capturing 132 others. This action occurred during the United States-led portion of the broader Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France masterminded by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch to breach the Hindenburg line and make the opposing German forces surrender.
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Trench Warfare at its worst - Battle of Somme 1916
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Perhaps the most realistic montage of what trench war looked like in the First World War. This is a glimpse of a French attack near the Somme in 1916. An example of tactics being surpassed by technology. A horrific price to pay. At first glance, the reaction is what madness and stupidity. It is hard to not to come to such a conclusion, however, I am hard pressed to think of what could have been done differently at that time. Winston Churchill's attempt to go through Gallipoli had already failed, in addition to attempts to breakout through the Balkans, Greece, Mesopotamia, Italy and the Middle East. The war would be won or lost on the Western Front, and the problem was how to break through that network of trenches... which would not happen until the German Army was worn-down through attrition in late 1918. BUT - they did not quit the war! Some uniformed folks write off the Germa nArmy in October/NOV 1918 as ready to quit the war - the ywere not. T oillustrate this point - consider the last 11 hours of the war - where nearly 11,000 French, American and UK soldiers were killed by the Germans - 2,000 more men than we lost the entire 24 hour period following the D-Day landings on Normandy on 6 June 1944.
The French were at the Somme and attacked with eleven divisions in the initial assault - (the had 13). The French performed better and gained/held more land than their UK allies. The reason why the French are over-looked, is because Verdun was their main-effort for the year - that is not only blunting the Germans, but then retaking all that was lost, including Fort Douaumont. So, yes - more than 100,000 French soldiers fought at the Battle of the Somme as this video illustrates accurately.