134th Infantry Regiment"All Hell Can't Stop Us" |
On September 26, 1918 the 35th Division launched an attack in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, keeping up the attack for four days until relieved and placed in reserve. The final tally of casualties was 7,300 with 1,126 killed or died of wounds.
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Scene 1 | Pierrefitte, Meuse, France, Nov. 9, 1918 - Co. F, 137th Inf., 35th Div., marching in the rain enroute to a new sector |
Scene 2 | Splashing through mud |
Scene 3 | Men of the 70th Brig., 35th Division on the road leading to Verdun |
Scene 4 | Chaumont-sur-Aire, Meuse, France, Oct. 12, 1918 - Men of the 70th Brig., 35th Div., on the way to the front |
Scene 5 | Courouvre. Meuse. France. Oct. 12, 1918 - Battery E, 128th Field Artillery, passing through the village enroute to the front |
Scene 6 | Conde-en-Barrois, France, Oct. 11, 1918 - Couriers leaving Division Hdqtrs. with Orders to Regimental Commanders |
Scene 7 | Map of the 35th Division sector |
Scene 8 |
East of Verdun, Meuse, France, Oct. 28, 1918 - Dugouts
occupied as Regimental Hdqtrs., 139th Inf., on the old Verdun front. Note; 139th Inf., 70th Brig., 35th Div., is composed of the former 3rd Kansas Inf. and 4th Mo. Inf. |
Scene 9 | View from Regimental Hdqtrs. of Douaumont Fort. Note the shell-torn ground |
Scene 10 | Men of Co. D, 1st Bn., 138th Inf., 69th Brig., 35th Division at P. C. Tunis, resting before going on guard |
Scene 11 | Two American soldiers going into their dugout for a few hours' rest |
Scene 12 | Men of the 35th Division on a parapet waiting for a chance shot at the enemy |
Scene 13 | Sharpshooters on the alert |
Scene 14 | Picked men of the 1st Bn., 139th Inf., who are used at Headquarters for hazardous work |
Scene 15 | Sommedieue Sector, east of Verdun, Meuse, France, Nov. 1, 1918 - An American sniper firing a few shots through the barbed wire on his way back from night patrol |
Scene 16 | Sommedieue, Meuse. France. Nov. 1. 1918 - Propaganda which was attached to German propaganda balloon, showing extracts from President Wilson's speech and the last German note on peace |
Scene 17 | 1st Lieut. Lloyd C. Brightfield giving instructions to company commanders of the 1st Bn.. 138th Inf. |
Scene 18 | Camouflage over same dugouts in a stone quarry. The white camouflage represents the continuation of the road |
Scene 19 | Sommedieue. Meuse, France, Oct. 27, 1918 - Men of Battery F, 130th F. A., cleaning their guns. Note: 130th F. A., 60th Brig., 35th Div., was formerly the 1st Kansas F. A. |
Scene 20 | Lee Cotes de Forimont, Meuse, France, Sept. 27, 1918 - 75 mn. guns firing a creeping barrage into the German lines. Battery D, 128th F. A., 35th Div., commanded by Lieut. Davidson, is on the east side of the road between Boureuilles and Neuvilly and a quarter of a mile south of post command of the 35th Division |
Scene 21 | Map showing position of Battery F, 130th F. A., and direction of German lines on which it is firing |
Scene 22 | French 75 mm guns manned by French gunners |
Scene 23 | Sommedieue, Meuse, France, Oct. 21, 1918 - Men of Battery C, 130th Field Artillery, 35th Division, carrying ammunition for the 155 mm. Howitzers |