Meuse-Argonne diary
Subtitle: a division commander in World War I
By: by William M. Wright ; edited with an introduction by Robert H. Ferrell.
Contributors: Ferrell, Robert H.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Wright, William M.; United States. Army. Division, 89th.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France -- Meuse.; Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.
Description: "During America's participation in World War I, only a single commander of a division, William M. Wright, is known to have kept a diary. In it, General Wright relates his two-month experience at St. Mihiel and especially the Meuse-Argonne, the largest and most costly battle in American history. In the Meuse-Argonne, the Eighty-ninth Division, made up of 28,000 draftees from Missouri and Kansas under Wright's command, was one of the two American point divisions beginning November 1, 1918, when the U.S. First Army forced the German defenders back to the Meuse River and helped end World War I as the main German railway line for the entire Western Front came under American artillery fire. It was a great moment, and Wright was at the center of it. Robert Ferrell skillfully supplements the diary with his own narrative, making use of pertinent manuscripts, notably a memoir by one of Wright's infantry regiment commanders."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.