He mentions that he has written a fastpaced story with gritty detail and brings to life that argonneloody meuse offensive when americans finally broke the back of the german army. Yockelson. Ome Mitch Yockelson good afternoon, everyone. It is great to see everyone and to come out here and to talk on the subject that doesnt get a lot of attention in the united states, and that is the united statess effort in the first world war. As he mentioned, we got into the 1917 as ail of partner to the allies and slowly build our forces until it turned into the climactic battle of rgonne, which is the subject of my book and the talk today. But the discussion largely centers around general pershing and how the battle formed and how it played out and ultimately , its success. Often asked, when did you begin writing this book . And what of my colleagues at asked me out in the hall today, a fewou write this years ago and decide to release this during the centennial . And no, i didnt, but we are in the