page_title: List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the area of the St Mihiel salient
section_title: Literary associations
hierarchical_section_title: List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the area of the St Mihiel salient / The Saint-Mihiel salient. The American Offensive of 1918 and the Monuments and Cemeteries linked it / Literary associations
caption_attribution_description: Ernst Jünger, (1895–1998) during World War I, wearing the House Order of Hohenzollern Knight's Cross with Swords (awarded 4 December 1917) and the Iron Cross ribbon bar (awarded January 1917). This photograph was apparently taken in 1918, when Jünger was reconvalescing either from his wound of 4 December 1917 or that of 22 March 1918, but before 25 August 1918 (when he was again wounded and subsequenly received the Pour le Mérit)
context_page_description: List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the area of the Saint-Mihiel salient, in the present day Meuse department of the Lorraine region, located in northeastern France.
  In this region the monuments and cemeteries are divided into: those linked to the efforts of the French to regain the ridge at Les Éparges, from 1915−1918; and those linked to the American offensive of the St Mihiel salient, the Battle of St Mihiel in September 1918.
context_section_description: This area of the Western Front has many literary associations. These include:-
  Alain-Fournier served with the 288th Infantry and disappeared fighting in the Eparges. In 1991, his body was found in a communal German grave not far from the Tranchée de Calonne.
  Ernst Jünger the German writer fought while serving in the 76th at Éparges and was wounded. He describes his experience in Orages d'acier.
  Maurice Genevoix was an officer in the 7th company of the 106th Infantry which fought on the ridge at Éparges. He wrote of his experiences in 4 novels- Sous Verdun, Nuit de guerre, La Boue, Les Éparges. These were condensed into one book entitled Ceux de 14.
caption: Ernst Jünger (29 March 1895 – 17 February 1998).
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