Table of Contents
Author's Note ix
US Army Ranks and Unit Structure, 1917-1918 xi
Map: The Western Front xv
Map: American and German Lines Around Cantigny xv
Prelude: A Speech 1
Chapter 1 Let 'em Come 15
Map: German Raid On Company E 27
Chapter 2 The Advance Guard 33
Chapter 3 Must Not Fail 49
Chapter 4 Adventure of War 69
Chapter 5 Life and Death 87
Chapter 6 Marshall's First Plan 103
Map: The Infantry Plan of Attack 108
Map: Original Artillery Map Depicting Timetable for Creeping Barrage 109
Map: Location of Strongpoints & Path of Tank Attack
Chapter 7 A Hellish Clamor 125
Chapter 8 Zero Hour 143
Chapter 9 Second Wave 163
Chapter 10 We Took the Hill 177
Chapter 11 A Pack of Bumblebees 191
Map: Progress of the Infantry During First Hours 204
Chapter 12 Ignore the Bullets 207
Chapter 13 Half Crazy, Temporarily Insane 221
Chapter 14 The World Is Watching 237
Chapter 15 Novelty of Silence 247
Chapter 16 Final Determined Effort 263
Map: New American Lines Around Cantigny 271
Epilogue: Until We Meet Again 281
Acknowledgments 293
Notes 299
Selected Bibliography 337
Index 347