Ebook: Heroic deeds, heroic men: the U.S. Marine Corps and the final phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 1-11 November 1918

On the night of 31 October 1918, the 4th Brigade of United States Marines in France awaited the signal to begin an attack destined to end the Meuse-Argonne campaign and the devastating “war to end all wars”—World War I. Begun five weeks earlier, on 26 September, the campaign involved more than 1 million U.S. troops under the command of Army general John J. Pershing, the leader of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).