I haven’t read the article yet (and I plan to) but before I read it I want to state my overall opinion of American involvement in WWI:
Wilson promised not to take us into WWI. He lied and did so anyway. If he hadn’t, many believe (and I agree) that there would have been a negotiated settlement and no decisive winner, and no Versailles Peace Treaty and no reparations and no Adolf Hitler.
So Wilson lied, and 50 million people died.
Now I’ll read the article and see if it changes my mind.
You may well be right, but the valor of the Marines remains an inspiration.