The preparation for a complicated operation against the formidable
defenses in front of us included the assembling of divisions and of
corps and army artillery, transport, aircraft, tanks, ambulances, the
location of hospitals, and the molding together of all of the elements
of a great modern army with its own railheads, supplied directly by our
own Service of Supply. The concentration for this operation, which was
to be a surprise, involved the movement, mostly at night, of
approximately 600,000 troops, and required for its success the most
careful attention to every detail.
[Illustration: Photograph]
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THE AMERICAN COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE FIELD
Photograph of General John J. Pershing just after he had been
decorated with the Star and Ribbon of the Legion of Honor of France,
the highest decoration ever awarded an American soldier. General
Pershing was raised to a full generalship soon after his arrival in
France, an honor which has previously been held only by Washington,
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan.
[Illustration: Photograph]
NOTED AMERICAN GENERALS
General March is chief of staff of the American Army,
Lieutenant-Generals Liggett and Bullard commanded the First and Second
Armies respectively, and Major-Generals Wright and Read are corps
commanders.
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