Nov 11, 2018
Marines and the Armistice Day Hell
Marines and the Armistice Day Hell
Allied commanders ordered American troops to cross the Meuse River and attack the heavily fortified German positions on the other side. The Armistice, the end of the war was in sight, but the men only had vague rumors about it.
No one told the US Marines and Army troops that the Armistice had been signed at 5:45 a.m. on November 11, 1918. Instead, they were told to press forward with the perilous…
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