Well Planned, Splendidly Executed: The Battle of Cantigny May 28-31, 1918

The Battle of Cantigny was the first American victory of World War I. It was in the streets of this tiny French village that America's most storied division first made its mark on history. Read about the planning, the tactics, the attack itself and the aftermath in this account by Allan R. Millett on the First's first fight.