Synopses & Reviews
This is the first study to analyze the content, training, and performance of a World War I draft division from its formation onward. The 82nd division consisted heavily of non-English speaking European immigrants and conscripts fresh from farming towns in Tennessee and North Carolina. Despite these apparent obstacles, it would evolve into an effective combat unit on the front lines of St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne. These "All-Americans" would prove that they could fight and accomplish several difficult missions in the Great War.
Review
Those who say the "melting pot" never worked need to read this book.Choice
Review
In the All-Americans at War", University of Mississippi History Professor James J. Cooke brings the history of a "true" All-American division to life.Star-Banner
Synopsis
The evolution of a World War I conscript infantry division from a mismatched collection of immigrants and American farm boys to an effective combat unit on the front lines of St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-138) and index.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Prologue: Tokyo Bay, 1945
Do You Speak English?
One U.S. Government Moth Killer
The All-American Division
In the Trenches at Lagney
The Marbache Sector
St. Mihiel
The Meuse-Argonne
Meuse-Argonne, Phase II
Trains to Italy
Conclusions
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography