The germans had occupied since 1914. To begin this story, here is a portion of a 1960 u. S. Army film that gives a brief sketch of the operation. In late july, 1918, general pershing created the First United States Army under his command. And immediate steps were taken to concentrate American Forces at one point on the line. That point was saintmihiel. The germans had held an area 25 miles since early in the war. Penetrating the allied lines 16 miles, it enabled the enemy to harass operations. More than half a million first army troops assembled for the task of crushing it out of existence. 15 infantry divisions were moved into position. By the end of the day on september 11, 1918, the first army was ready for its First Independent operations against the enemy. At dawn on the 12th, in a drizzling rain, the attack was launched. [gunfire] [explosions] for the enemy, saintmihiel was an unpleasant surprise. Within four days, the city was obliterated, and the americans were deployed along a
Congressman rick larsen of washington, what is on your reading list . Guest are reading list is or has been long but it is coming into the middle of the summer now so im working on wrapped, the third iq novel by joe ej, los angeles mystery writer and iq is his character and wrapped is the third book in the series and kind of a detective, detective novel and is a private investigator and a lot of action and a lot of great relationships in that book so i am working on that. Im also working on frederick douglass, biography published recently and im working on that. Its a fairly long book so im popping in and out of that, in and out of that book quite a bit. Im taking that in chunks. The policy and me, david a dollar at one of the think tanks in washington dc is a lead editor of a book called china 2049 where hes brought together some reform minded chinese scholars to look at what the chinese economy might look like and what its challenges are between now and 2049. Obviously, it has indica
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Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering
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