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...Department announced that a defense test would be held on Sept. 12 of that year (anniversary of the battle of St. Mihiel). Onetime (1923-25) Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, then Democratic candidate for Vice President, protested against the idea of a nation-wide defense test as militaristic. For a while it looked like an issue. But the test was held throughout the country, except in Wisconsin...
...manager of the Yale Dramatic Association describes the play as follows: "'Out O'Luck' is a comedy of doughboy life in France during the World War written from notes made by the author during the St. Mihiel drive in August and September...
...close of the Great War. The new assistant saw service on the Mexican border in 1916, and in 1917 went to France as a second lieutenant in the A. E. F. reaching the grade of lieutenantcolonel by the end of the war. He was wounded in action at St. Mihiel and decorated three times for bravery...
...Camp. Not until May of 1918 was he ordered overseas. He commanded the 64th Infantry Brigade, the 4th Marine Brigade. He was named Major General. Late in July, he took command of the 2nd Division. Who needs to recite the familiar roster of its glories? Belleau Wood, Vaux, Saint Mihiel, Blanc Mont, Argonne-Meuse offensive. It suffered 24,000 casualties, the greatest of any U. S. division. It captured 12,000 prisoners-one-quarter of the entire number taken by the U. S. Army. Now Lejeune, the gallant fighter, the able tactician, the great disciplinarian, Commandant of a Corps which...
Andrew W. Mellon: "The will of one S. Harry Smith, War veteran, was made public. To me, he has bequeathed the wooden leg given him by the Government for the loss of his own leg at St. Mihiel. Friends of Mr. Smith said he resented a recent action of my Department in reducing his compensation...