Word: toul
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General George S. Patton Jr. became the second American in history (first: General John J. Pershing) to be made an honorary citizen of Verdun. He was also made an honorary citizen of Metz, Reims, Chateau Thierry, Epernay, Toul, Sarreguemines, and the city of Luxembourg...
...McGonegal, of North Dakota, who had known only prairies, horses, steam engines and a whirl through training camps, went to France. He arrived in the Toul sector on Jan. 19, 1918, where his outfit relieved some Moroccan soldiers near Beaumont. On a clear day the Americans could see the city of Metz. They said to each other that sooner or later they'd knock the damn place down...
Shot. Dr. Karl Roos, 61, Alsatian autonomist leader; after conviction on the charge of conveying military secrets; by a French firing squad; at dawn in Toul...