Title: First over there : the attack on Cantigny, America's first battle of World War I /
Authors: Davenport, Matthew J.,
Year: 2015
Subjects: United States.; Cantigny, Battle of, Cantigny, France, 1918
Abstract: Relying on letters, diaries, and reports by the "doughboys" themselves, describes the events that took place on May 28, 1918, when the United States fought and won its first battle of World War I in Cantigny.
Contents: Prelude: a speech -- Let 'em come -- The advance guard -- Must not fail -- Adventure of war -- Life and death -- Marshall's first plan -- A hellish clamor -- Zero hour -- Second wave -- We took the hill -- A pack of bumblebees -- Ignore the bullets -- Half crazy, temporarily insane -- The world is watching -- Novelty of silence -- Final determined effort -- Epilogue: until we meet again.