A young U.S. Army lieutenant gets a taste of the horror of mechanized warfare in September 1918, when American troops massed in a valley in northeastern France as part of the final major campaign of World War I, the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Gallery of images from the Meuse-Argonne offensive in World War I.
German records reveal the view from the receiving end of Corporal Alvin C. York's torrent of bullets on October 8, 1918 during World War I.
By Douglas Mastriano
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