{"id":81963,"date":"2018-09-24T09:18:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T13:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=81963"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:33:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:33:36","slug":"americas-deadliest-battle-to-place-100-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=81963","title":{"rendered":"America’s deadliest battle took place 100 years ago."},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was America’s deadliest battle ever, with more than 26,000 U.S. soldiers killed, tens of thousands wounded and more ammunition fired than in the whole of the Civil War. The Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918 was also a great American victory that helped bring an end to World War I.<\/p>\n

A remembrance ceremony\u00a0took place\u00a0on Sunday afternoon in the Meuse-Argonne cemetery, which is surrounded by green fields and forests in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, a village in northeastern France. More than 14,000 graves will be lit with candles to honor those buried there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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List of battles with most United States military fatalities<\/h1>\n

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The Meuse-Argonne offensive produced warrior heroes\u00a0like\u00a0Sgt. Samuel Woodfill.<\/p>\n

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On Oct. 12, according to his Medal of Honor citation, Woodfill was leading his company through a dense fog towards the village of Cunel when it came under heavy fire. Then a lieutenant, Woodfill set out ahead of his line with two Soldiers trailing and located a German machine gun nest. Woodfill successfully flanked the nest and eliminated three of its four occupants with his rifle. The fourth occupant charged Woodfill. After a hand-to-hand struggle, Woodfill killed the enemy with his pistol.<\/p>\n

The company continued its advance when it came under fire again. Woodfill once again rushed ahead. Despite being hindered by the effects of mustard gas, Woodfill shot several of the enemy while taking three others prisoner. Minutes later, Woodfill rushed a third machine gun pit and killed five men with his rifle before jumping into the pit with his pistol, where he encountered two German soldiers. With his ammunition exhausted, Woodfill grabbed a nearby pickax and killed both.<\/p>\n

With the machine guns silenced, Woodfill\u2019s company continued its advance through Cunel under severe fire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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During\u00a047 days\u00a0of combat, 1.2 million American troops led by Gen. John J. Pershing fought to advance on the entrenched positions held by about 450,000 Germans in the Verdun region. More than 26,000 U.S. troops were killed and about 96,000 were wounded.<\/p>\n

The offensive that started on Sept. 26, 1918, was one of several simultaneous Allied attacks that brought the four-year war to an end, leading the Germans to retreat and sign the armistice on November 11.<\/p>\n

Pershing said “the success stands out as one of the very great achievements in the history of American arms.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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