Word: seicheprey
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...swapping punches with a sergeant inside a barracks room one day when another soldier entered, started helping the sergeant. Watson grabbed a chair and knocked the newcomer cold. Horrified, he discovered he had floored his Lieutenant, a court-martial offense. From the guardhouse he was released to fight at Seicheprey...
...battle of the Marne, July 24, 1918. As a member of the Massachusetts National Guard, Lincoln became second lieutenant of Co. A, 102d M. G. Brig., in August, 1917. He sailed for St. Nazaire, France on September 23, of the same year. He took part in the battle of Seicheprey and the second battle of the Marne. In April, 1918, he was promoted to first lieutenant...
...seemed impossible that a draft army and an army of volunteers could vie with the Kaiser's trained men. We have not as yet completely proved that the American Army, man for man, is the equal of the German troops, but we are decidedly on the right track. At Seicheprey, at Cantigny, and on the Marne "we met the enemy and they were ours." This is no cause for boasting: the German offensive has for overshadowed the tiny dents we have inched in the hostile line. Yet it is, we hope, an omen of future victories. If the coming millions...
...acting as observer. He died during the night following the accident, but on that evening he and the pilot with whom he was flying were decorated with the Croix de Guerre with palm "for excellent, faithful and courageous work in numerous former flights." Their valor in operating in Seicheprey on April 20, under heavy fire and adverse weather conditions was especially mentioned. Culbert was a former editor of the CRIMSON...
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