Meuse Argonne: The U.S. Army's largest and deadliest battle [6:54]

YouTube ^ | April 26, 2017 | The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

[SunkenCiv]

The History Guy remembers the battle of the Meuse Argonne, the largest and deadliest battle in the history of the United States army. 

The episode discusses events and shows photographs depicting a period of war, which some viewers may find disturbing. 

The History Guy uses images that are in the Public Domain. As photographs of actual events are often not available, I will sometimes use photographs of similar events or objects for illustration. 

The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered (formerly "Five Minutes of History") is the place to find short snippets of forgotten history from five to fifteen minutes long. If you like history too, this is the channel for you. 

Meuse Argonne: The U.S. Army's largest and deadliest battle | 6:54 
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered | 1.64M subscribers | 382,677 views | April 26, 2017

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; lancegeiger; meuseargonne; thegreatwar; wwi

[mass55th]

What a fascinating and sad story. They've always said money can't buy you happiness. My great-uncle turned 25 just before he was killed. He was the only boy in the family. There were also two girls. His name was John Stanley Holmes. He hadn't married or had children.

Here's a picture of him in uniform. I'm not sure where it was taken:

[KitJ]

That is a fascinating story. Amazing.

If you feel like sharing more, ping me on FReepmail.

Tanks.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

My grandmother’s cousin, aged 18, was killed during that battle. What was left of him was returned home to Randolph County, Illinois, in 1920.

[HenpeckedCon]

For sure. My step dad was denied by the Navy because he was too young to enlist. He signed on as Merchant Marine at 15 yo lying about his age. Pacific duty during WWII.
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He was fortunate. The Nip submarines were more concerned about attacking warships than merchant vessels. The exact opposite of the Hun in the Atlantic.

[SunkenCiv]

In WWII, as it had been the Japanese who'd attacked, enlistees overwhelmingly tried to enter service in the US Navy. If everyone who'd wanted USN had been put there, there weren't enough ships to accommodate them all. Also, FDR had concurred with Churchill's strategy of Europe first. A relative had been tipped by a friend or two that, enlistees who asked for Navy were put in the Army. So, he asked for Army and was put in the Navy. Thanks all!

[SunkenCiv]

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