page_title: Forest of Argonne
hierarchical_section_title: Forest of Argonne
caption_attribution_description: English: Valley near Chatel Chéhéry where Sergeant York did his heroics.
context_page_description: The Forest of Argonne is a long strip of mountainous and wild woodland in northeastern France, approximately 200 km east of Paris, France.
  In 1792 Charles François Dumouriez outmaneuvered the invading forces of the Duke of Brunswick in the forest before the Battle of Valmy.
  During World War I, the forest again became the site of intense military action. Bitter fighting between German and Allied units took place here in fall and winter 1914, summer 1915, and fall 1918, respectively. During the Meuse–Argonne offensive, several United States Army soldiers earned the Medal of Honor there, including Colonel Nelson Miles Holderman, Major Charles White Whittlesey, Sergeant Alvin C. York – most of them part of the "Lost Battalion", Corporal Harold W. Roberts and William Henry Johnson a.k.a. "Black Death".
  The World War I Montfaucon American Monument consists of a large granite Doric column, surmounted by a statue symbolic of Liberty. The monument is located twenty miles northwest of Verdun. It is not far from the Meuse–Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial.
context_section_description: The Forest of Argonne is a long strip of mountainous and wild woodland in northeastern France, approximately 200 km (120 mi) east of Paris, France.
  In 1792 Charles François Dumouriez outmaneuvered the invading forces of the Duke of Brunswick in the forest before the Battle of Valmy.
  During World War I, the forest again became the site of intense military action. Bitter fighting between German and Allied units took place here in fall and winter 1914, summer 1915, and fall 1918, respectively. During the Meuse–Argonne offensive (1918), several United States Army soldiers earned the Medal of Honor there, including Colonel Nelson Miles Holderman,  Major Charles White Whittlesey, Sergeant Alvin C. York – most of them part of the "Lost Battalion", Corporal Harold W. Roberts and William Henry Johnson a.k.a. "Black Death".
  The World War I Montfaucon American Monument consists of a large granite Doric column, surmounted by a statue symbolic of Liberty.  The monument is located twenty miles northwest of Verdun. It is not far from the Meuse–Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial.
caption: Forest of Argonne in a valley near Chatel-Chéhéry, France, where Sgt. Henry Johnson, known after his heroic battle as the Black Death, and Sgt. Alvin C. York fought in World War I.
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