Meuse Argonne - The Keystone, the Shorn Oak, and the Aire Valley

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

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4.8 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The 28th “Keystone” Division (Pennsylvania) both slugs it out with the Germans in the Argonne Forest over Le Chène Tondu ridge, and pushes its way up the River Aire Valley through Montblainville and Apremont. The Germans fight hard for both Le Chène Tondu and Apremont, and the Pennsylvania Doughboys struggle to hold their hard-won gains.

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0:00.0	It has been worse than hell.
0:05.6	It has been a fight for existence all the way.
0:09.6	But we are getting out of the woods now, and things will go better.
0:15.1	Colonel George Rickards, commander, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Force,
0:24.8	Argonne Forest, the Keystone, the Shorn Oak, and the Air Valley.
0:58.2	Let's kick it off with a couple of admin notes.
1:01.8	If you follow the BFWP on social media, you'll likely have seen my posts about correcting the silly error I made last episode about
1:13.8	Billy Mitchell and his commanding of the OSS during World War II.
1:19.7	Okay, Billy Mitchell did not, did not command the OSS during World War II. In fact, by the time the second go-around began,
1:32.8	Mitchell had already shuffled off this mortal coil. Now, over in 1st Battalion, 165th infantry,
1:43.7	42nd Rainbow Division, a lieutenant colonel Billy Donovan
1:49.1	was leading soldiers and he would eventually lead the office of strategic services during
1:58.0	the Second World War.
2:06.0	For those of you who don't do social media, sorry for the error.
2:11.1	Okay, other admin note, the Patreon pitch.
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