Monument Details

Meuse Argonne Offensive Monument

Details:

On the north side of the D-998 in the center of Neuvilly en Argonne, in the middle of the public square. Monument

A rough cut stone stele with a bronze plaque and text in French and English.

The monument remembers Neuvilly as the jump-off point in the sector of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive that began on September 26, 1918. The 28th and 35th Infantry Divisions operated in this area.

Monument Text:

"The Meuse Argonne Offensive

began on the morning of

26 September 1918...

the largest and longest

in American history"

General John Pershing

Commencing on the communal

territory of

Neuvilly en Argonne

the combatitivity of the American

28th Division of Pennsylvannia

35th Division of Kansas-Missouri

liberated

Vally of the Aire

Vauquois

Varenne en Argonne

Inaugurated on 28 September 2008

Commemorates:

People:

John Joseph Pershing

Units:

28th Infantry Division

35th Division

35th Infantry Division

American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

Wars:

WWI

Battles:

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

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