

First Over There
The Attack on Cantigny, America's First Battle of World War I
Author: Matthew J. Davenport
Narrator: Mel Foster
Unabridged: 14 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 11/29/2016
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Military History, United States Military, Wars, World War I
Synopsis
Thirteen months after the United States entered World War I, these 3,500 soldiers became the first “doughboys” to enter the fight. The operation, the first American attack ever supported by tanks, airplanes, and modern artillery, was ordered by the leader of America’s forces in Europe, General John “Black Jack” Pershing, and planned by a young staff officer, Lieutenant Colonel George C. Marshall, who would fill the lead role in World War II twenty-six years later.
Drawing on the letters, diaries, and reports by the men themselves, Matthew J. Davenport's First Over There tells the inspiring, untold story of these soldiers and their journey to victory on the Western Front in the Battle of Cantigny.