Meuse-Argonne Diary: A Division Commander in World War I

193 Pages·2004·3.699 MB·English

by  William M. Wright, Robert Ferrell, Robert Ferrell

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Meuse Argonne
Diary
A Division Commander in
World War I
By William M. Wright
Edited with an Introduction by Robert H. Ferrell
University of Missouri Press Columbia and London
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Meuse Argonne
Diary
Maj. Gen. William M. Wright
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Meuse Argonne
Diary
A Division Commander in
World War I
By William M. Wright
Edited with an Introduction by Robert H. Ferrell
University of Missouri Press Columbia and London
Copyright © 2004 by
The Curators ofthe University ofMissouri
University ofMissouri Press,Columbia,Missouri 65201
Printed and bound in the United States ofAmerica
All rights reserved
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wright,William M.
Meuse-Argonne diary : a division commander in World
War I / by William M.Wright;edited with an introduction by
Robert H.Ferrell.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8262-1527-0 (alk.paper)
1. United States.Army.Division,89th. 2. World War,1914–
1918—Regimental histories—United States. 3. Wright,Wil-
liam M. 4. World War, 1914–1918—Personal narratives,
American. 5. World War,1914–1918—Campaigns—France—
Meuse. 6. Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918. I. Ferrell,
Robert H. II. Title.
D570.389th .W75 2004
940.4'36—dc22
2004001710
This paper meets the requirements ofthe
American National Standard for Permanence ofPaper
for Printed Library Materials,Z39.48,1984.
Designer:Jennifer Cropp
Typesetter:Crane Composition,Inc.
Printer and binder:Thomson-Shore,Inc.
Typefaces:Galliard,De Vinne,Minion
All photographs courtesy the National Archives,
unless otherwise noted.
Contents
Editor’s Note vii
Organization of the Eighty-ninth Division ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
One. Preparation 9
Two. St. Mihiel 16
Three. Holding the Line 31
Four. Sideline 44
Five. Moving 62
Six. A New Line 105
Seven. Bois de Bantheville 116
Eight. Attack 135
Nine. To the Meuse 144
Ten. Crossings 156
Sources 167
Index 171

Editor’s Note
In this edition ofWright’s diary,misspellings have been corrected,to-
gether with obvious typographical errors,and punctuation modified to
assist in readability. Capitalization has occasionally been changed to
lowercase,and abbreviations expanded.Otherwise,the diary appears as
found in the archives.

Organization of the
Eighty-ninth Division
Eighty-ninth Division Maj.Gen.William M.Wright
177th Infantry Brigade Brig.Gen.(later Maj.Gen)
Frank L.Winn
353rd Regiment Col.James H.Reeves
354th Regiment Col.Conrad S.Babcock
341st Machine Gun Battalion Maj.Ernest E.Watson
178th Infantry Brigade Brig.Gen.Thomas G.Hanson
Brig.Gen.Herman Hall
355th Regiment Col.James D.Taylor
Col.T.P.Bernard
356th Regiment Col.Louis M.Nuttman
Col.Robert H.Allen
342nd Machine Gun Battalion Maj.Harry H.Burkhalter
164th Field Artillery Brigade Brig.Gen.Edward T.Donnelly
340th Regiment (75mm)
341st Regiment (75mm)
342nd Regiment (155mm)
314th Trench Mortar Battery
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