Meuse-Argonne Diary: A Divison Commander in World War 1

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Summary: An eyewitness account of a pivotal time in world history
Review: Meuse-Argonne Diary: A Division Commander In World War I is unique, for during the length of America's participation in World War I, only one commander of a division - the author William M. Wright - is known to have kept a diary. It chronicles General Wright's two months at St. Mihiel and particularly the Meuse-Argonne, the largest and deadliest battle in American history. Wright's division of 28,000 draftees from Missouri and Kansas was one of two American point divisions when the U.S. First Army pressed the German defenders back to the Meuse River. A remarkable and pinpoint-critical eyewitness account of a pivotal time in world history, that bravely commisserates with those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country in desperate times.