02928nam 2200589 450 991046520560332120200520144314.00-8173-8769-2(CKB)2560000000140728(EBL)1676494(SSID)ssj0001181801(PQKBManifestationID)11647474(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181801(PQKBWorkID)11146709(PQKB)11283136(MiAaPQ)EBC1676494(OCoLC)878263186(MdBmJHUP)muse32954(Au-PeEL)EBL1676494(CaPaEBR)ebr10861434(EXLCZ)99256000000014072820140430h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSend the Alabamians World War I fighters in the Rainbow Division /Nimrod T. Frazer ; introduction by Edwin C. BridgesTuscaloosa, Alabama :The University of Alabama Press,2014.©20141 online resource (367 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1838-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Mobilization of the Alabama National Guard, 1916 -- Pershing's force on the Mexican border -- Making an infantry division -- The Rainbow in the trenches -- Champagne-Marne, July 3-18, 1918 -- Aisne-Marne, Croix Rouge Farm, July 24-26, 1918 -- The Ourcq and Brigadier General MacArthur -- From Saint-Mihiel to the Argonne, September 12-October 11, 1918 -- The Cote de Chatillon in the Argonne, October 12-21, 1918 -- Final drive to the Rhine and into Germany -- Return of the immortals, May 7-13, 1919.Send the Alabamians recounts the story of the 167th Infantry Regiment of the WWI Rainbow Division from their recruitment to their valiant service on the bloody fields of eastern France in the climactic final months of World War I.To mark the centenary of World War I, Send the Alabamians tells the remarkable story of a division of Alabama recruits whose service Douglas MacArthur observed had not "been surpassed in military history." The book borrows its title from a quip by American General Edward H. Plummer who commanded the young men during the inauspicious early daWorld War, 1914-1918Regimental historiesUnited StatesWorld War, 1914-1918CampaignsFranceAlabamaHistory, Military20th centuryElectronic books.World War, 1914-1918Regimental historiesWorld War, 1914-1918Campaigns940.4/1273Frazer Nimrod T.1044669Bridges Edwin C.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465205603321Send the Alabamians2470456UNINA