Articles by Patrick Gregory
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 07 October 2018 After four days of intense fighting in the Meuse-Argonne, [...]
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 26 September 2018 On 26 [...]
The Meuse-Argonne: Remembering America’s biggest battle
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery (Photo: Patrick Gregory) Posted on centenarynews.com 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 [...]
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 [...]
The American First Army comes into being
On 10 August 1918 General John Pershing drove from AEF headquarters in Chaumont to La Ferté-sous-Jouarre on the Marne, some 15 miles south-west of Château-Thierry. There he was to take up formal command of the newly [...]
The Aisne-Marne counter-attack: America’s part in rolling back German forces
Historian John S.D. Eisenhower described it as ‘the turning point’. And certainly many of the key American participants of the time said they felt a decisive shift against the German Army after the Battle of Soissons in [...]
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.
100 years ago: Battle of Cantigny – America shows its mettle
On the morning of 28 May 1918 troops belonging to the American Expeditionary Force’s 1st Division embarked on the first full US-led offensive of the First World War at Cantigny in northern France. Although the assault [...]
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