tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post392441728000958698..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: What Pvt. Clarence Richmond, USMC, Was Up To on the First Armistice Daysnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-86743111259047788982017-11-11T15:35:24.185-08:002017-11-11T15:35:24.185-08:00It's uncanny how many men at the front wrote a...It's uncanny how many men at the front wrote about the unnatural silence, one going so far as to comment he was "stunned by the quiet." Here's more on that and soldiers' reaction to the news: https://behindtheirlines.blogspot.com/2017/11/stunned-by-quiet.htmlConnie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-19012078021913823242017-11-11T11:57:35.067-08:002017-11-11T11:57:35.067-08:00A useless operation that did nothing to help in vi...A useless operation that did nothing to help in victory as the war was ending. The fortitude of the men who made the attack knowing that the war was ending was grand.bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-91665896448370018092017-11-11T11:44:24.305-08:002017-11-11T11:44:24.305-08:00The dead Major that Pvt Richmond mentions in his a...The dead Major that Pvt Richmond mentions in his account was MAJ Mark Hanna, Commander of 2d Battalion, 356th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division. Richmond's remark reminds us that the 2/356 made the crossing of the Meuse in addition to the two Marine battalions. It was the designated liaison battalion between the 2nd and 89th divisions. Taking heavy losses on the west bank of the Meuse (where John T. Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793600870183539524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-89590669926547326062017-11-11T10:25:13.819-08:002017-11-11T10:25:13.819-08:00Great read. His thoughts on losses on the 10th and...Great read. His thoughts on losses on the 10th and 11th mirror many others. Did the last deaths help?Bob Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02514856699855117653noreply@blogger.com