Articles by Patrick Gregory
St Mihiel Campaign – The US First Army goes into battle
A hundred years ago today, the newly created First Army of the American Expeditionary Force went into battle for the first time, commanding its own sector in northeast France. The St Mihiel offensive, as [...]
100 Years Ago: Meuse-Argonne Offensive begins
American troops using French-built Renault FT-17 tanks move up to a forward area near Boureville in the Argonne Forest, 26 September 1918 © IWM (Q 58691) Posted on centenarynews.com on 26 September 2018 On 26 September 1918 [...]
Kick-starting the Meuse-Argonne: The American Army goes again on Western Front
American soldiers resting in a shallow trench in the Argonne Forest (Image: via Wikimedia Commons/US official photo/public domain) Posted on centenarynews.com on 07 October 2018 After four days of intense fighting in the Meuse-Argonne, beginning on [...]
The Meuse-Argonne: Remembering America’s biggest battle
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery (Photo: Patrick Gregory) Posted on centenarynews.com on 26 September 2018 On Sunday 23 September 2018 the American WW1 cemetery at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in north-east France played host to a centennial ceremony, paying tribute to the 26,000 fallen [...]
US Army News Service – Belleau Wood
How US Marines (the Devil Dogs) and US Army 'saved the Allies from WW1 defeat'.
BBC Online – Belleau Wood
Why this WWI battle is still important in US.
Centenary News – Battle of Cantigny
Patrick Gregory describes the first full US-led offensive of WW1 at Cantigny in northern France.
1914-1918-online Encyclopedia
Volunteer Ambulance Services (USA)
Roads to the Great War – U.S. Air Service
The U.S. Air Service Takes Off, Part II
Roads to the Great War – U.S. Air Service
The U.S. Air Service Takes Off, Part I
Centenary News – America’s WWI Baptism of Fire
Patrick Gregory explores American Expeditionary Force's first significant military encounter of WW1 near the St. Mihiel salient in NE France.
The Centennial Commission – ‘Side by Side’ exhibition in Bath
America’s WWI war effort remembered in Britain at the American Museum in Bath.