Episode 57: Meuse Argonne – The Keystone, the Shorn Oak, and the Aire Valley

The 28th “Keystone” Division (Pennsylvania) both slugs it out with the Germans in the Argonne Forest over Le Chène Tondu ridge, and pushes its way up the River Aire Valley through Montblainville and Apremont. The Germans fight hard for both Le Chène Tondu and Apremont, and the Pennsylvania Doughboys struggle to hold their hard-won gains.

 

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Operational map of 28th Keystone Division in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 19 SEP-25 OCT 1918. Map provided by Griffin Group Photos collection on www.meuse-argonne.com.

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