Argonne Forest
Americannoun
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While serving on the front lines of France in 1918, Johnson fought off a German night raid near the Argonne Forest, according to the National Museum of the United States Army.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023
Alvin C. York led an attack that killed 25 German soldiers and resulted in the capture of 132 others in the Argonne Forest in France.
From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2018
Johnson, then a private, is credited with fighting off a group of German raiders in France’s Argonne Forest while serving as a sentry.
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2015
By the end of September 1918, over one million U.S. soldiers staged a full offensive into the Argonne Forest.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
“On arriving at our new positions in the Argonne Forest, we found out that...the fighting at this point must have been terrific,” recalled Private McGuire, an American artilleryman.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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