I read most of mine, but they asked Pershing which army group his command was, and we had NO other army (we really were a third World agrarian power to this point). He told them it was the first army group, and not the only one, so they put a red number one on their shoulders. They were teased about the Big Red One, until they began fighting! After that, it was a compliment! On Ally (French I think) said they sent The Big Red One, because they knew that was all we would need!
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Great story! Thanks.
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War History has owned me since I was ten, ROFLOL!
And I went to Pershing Elementary....:)Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
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Nice! I love military history, myself...especially The Civil War...
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The Civil War was seminal to modern warfare! A large part of modern warfare began in the Civil War. They proved the use in battle of: Ironclads with turrets, submarines, machine guns, airborne artillery observers, steam powered warships, breech loaded cannons, the miniball, battlefield Hospitals, and Morphine.
We grew up, and learned to kill more efficiently, in the (Not so) Civil war! But there were a lot of heroic efforts too!
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Yes, but The Crimean War also set the stage for many modern military philosophies...and field hospitals...where Florence Nightingale got her "wings."
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Lots of changes happened in that timeframe. But a lot of good men bled and died to feed this beast!
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Right, and the Crimean War was almost as ill-advised and WASTEFUL as our Civil War.
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Our Civil Was a terrible waste of life! The confederate states had the legal right to leave. The entire war was illegal, and mine fought for Lincoln....
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