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At first light on Thursday, May 28th, 1918, waves of American riflemen from the united states Army's First Division climbed from other trenches, charged across the shell-scarred French dirt and grime of no-man's-land, and captured the hilltop town of Cantigny from the grip of the German Army. Those that survived the adversary machine-gun open fire and hand-to-hand fighting performed on for the next two days and evenings in shallow foxholes under the sting of mustard gas and crushing steel of artillery open fire. Thirteen months after the United States entered World Warfare I, these 3,500 military became the first "doughboys" to enter the deal with. The operation, the first American strike ever backed by tanks, airplanes, and modern artillery, was bought by the first choice of America's forces in Europe, Standard John "Dark Jack" Pershing, and prepared by a young staff officer, Lieutenant Colonel George C. Marshall, who would fill the business lead role in World Warfare II 26 years later. Sketching on the characters, diaries, and reports by the men themselves, Matthew J. Davenport's First Over There explains to the inspiring, untold account of these military and their trip to win on the Traditional western Entry in the Struggle of Cantigny.
