World War I Documentary Vol3- 4/8 The Battle of the Argonne pt1

The American Army undertakes its first offensive and tastes victory, but the bloody battle in the Argonne Forest is on of the costliest in US history

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[reglcon1234]

my great grandfather fought in the argonne forest and was gassed witch caused him trouble with his lungs until the day he died

[chefsanders70]

@reglcon1234 Many many men were scared by that war. I thank you for sharing your great grandfathers story.

[yadidimeanmaine]

Yo Sanders thanx again for the uploads; this series is outstanding. What year was this released?

[chefsanders70]

@yadidimeanmaine saddly I dont know when this was first released... the DVD's have very little info on them

they are produced by CBS... thats about it

[coolage89]

my uncles Basil Smith and Conrad Smith from Pine Hill NY were also there. Basil Smith was killed and his body never recovered.

[chefsanders70]

@coolage89 I thank you for shareing that painful bit of your family history.... his sacrifice wont be forgotton.

[sergeantshroom]

I live only a few hours away from the Argonne. I go there regularly and have been going there for as far as I can remember. My father has taken me hiking a few times in forests that actually used to be battlefields. It's very strange, you're there in the middle of the forest, surrounded by all this beautiful nature but everywhere you look you see rusty bomb casings, barb wire, spikes, even boots scattered on the ground. You can actually still see the remains of the bomb-craters and trenches.

[cogglers]

@reglcon1234 My great great grandpa was gassed as well and died in the Argonne. Another grandpa was killed by a direct hit from an artillery shell. Wars sad :(

[PA2FL]

my grandfather was wounded in action here

[sworntofightanddie]

My great grandfather might be in one of these clips. He was announced MIA at Argonne then announced KIA soon afterward but to my families surprise came home alive.

[SnIpErSnIpEd]

my great grandfather was in this battle and sent home a shell he carved and indented by hand he took care of horses

[xbaffledx]

@reglcon1234 MY GRANDFATHER, WHO I NEVER KNEW, WAS GASSED IN WWI AND DIED IN 1947 AT THE AGE OF 51 OF EMPHEZIMA (SP?)

[Gydinglight12]

Henry Gunther, a doughboy from Baltimore, on Nov 11 at 10:55 am, did a suicide rush at a German machine gun nest, to redeem himself for some kind of cloud of cowardice he had done a few days before, and was probably the last yank killed in the war.

[Gydinglight12]

The TV series on World War I was first shown on CBS in 1964, for the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the War.