Impi Yezwe I I-Meuse-Argonne yaseMelika Amathuna Amakhosi

Amathuna Amademoni Amakhulu Amakhulu aseMelika EYurophu

Amathuna amakhulu aseMelika eYurophu asenyakatho-mpumalanga yeFrance eLorraine, eRomagne-sous-Montfaucon. Kuyindawo enkulu, isethwe kumahektare angama-130 wezwe elithobekile. Amasosha angu-14 246 afela eMpini Yezwe I angcwatshwa lapha emigqeni eqondile yempi. Amathuna awasethwe ngokulinganisa: uthola induna ehamba ngokuhlelekile, umshayeli wanikezwa iMedal of Honor eduze ne-African American e-Division Labour.

Abaningi babo balwa, futhi bafa, kulesi sigameko esasungulwa ngo-1918 ukukhulula iMeuse. AmaMelika aholwa yiGeneral Pershing.

Amathuna

Udlulisa phambili emibhoshongweni emibili emnyango emangcwabeni. Egqumeni elilodwa, uzothola Isivakashi Isikhungo lapho ungahlangana khona nabasebenzi, ubhalise irejista yabavakashi futhi uthole okwengeziwe mayelana nempi namathuna. Okungcono ukubhuka kusengaphambili ukuvakasha okuqondisiwe okunembile, okuthakazelisayo nokugcwele kwama-anecdotes. Ufunda okuningi kakhulu kunokuba ungathanda ngokuhamba nje.

Kusuka lapha uhamba phansi emthambekeni waya echibini eliyindilinga nomthombo kanye nezimbali zommbali. Ukubhekana nawe phezulu kwentaba yi-chapel. Phakathi kwema emathuneni amaningi. Emasendeni angu-14 246, ama-13 978 angama cross Latin futhi 268 yizinkanyezi zikaDavid. Kumanga amanga angu-486 amangcwaba emisa amasosha angaziwa. Abaningi, kodwa hhayi bonke, kulabo abangcwatshwe lapha babulawa kulesi sigameko esasungulwa ngo-1918 ukukhulula iMeuse.

Kodwa futhi wangcwatshwa lapha kukhona ezinye izakhamuzi, kuhlanganise nabesifazane abayisikhombisa abahlengikazi noma abalobi, izingane ezintathu kanye nabafundi abathathu. Kunamaqoqo angu-18 abazalwane abanjwe lapha ngaphandle kokungahlangene, kanye nabamukeli abayisishiyagalolunye beMedal of Honor.

Amakhanda amakhanda alula, negama, isikhundla, i-regiment kanye nosuku lokufa.

Ukuhlukana kwakuyinhloko yemvelo: i-91 yayibizwa ngokuthi iWild Wild West Division esuka eCalifornia nasemazweni asentshonalanga; i-77 yiSitatimende Sokukhululeka eNew York. Kukhona okuhlukile: i-82 yayiyiqembu lonke lamaMelika, okwakhiwa amasosha avela ezweni lonke, kuyilapho lesi-93 kwaba ukuhlukana okumnyama okwehlukanisiwe.

Amathuna adalwe emathuneni amancane angama-150 ayeseduze nempi, njengoba amasosha ayefanele angcwatshwe ngaphakathi kwezinsuku ezimbili kuya kwezintathu emva kokufa. Amathuna aseMeuse-Argonne ekugcineni azinikezelwa ngoMeyi 30, 1937, amanye amasosha avuselelwa izikhathi ezine.

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Isonto liphakeme phezulu entabeni. Yisakhiwo esincane esinendawo elula. Ukubhekana nomnyango i-altare namaflegi ase-United States kanye nezizwe eziyinhloko ezihlanganyelwe ngemuva. Ngakwesokunene nangakwesobunxele, amafasitela amabili amakhulu amakhulu angamafasitela abonisa izimboni zemithetho ehlukahlukene yaseMelika. Nakulokhu, uma ungazazi lezi, kungumqondo omuhle wokuba nomhlahlandlela wokuzikhomba.

Ngaphandle, amaphiko amabili aphuma enqabeni, ebhalwe ngamagama alabo abangekho esenzweni - amagama angu-954 aqoshiwe lapha. Ngakolunye uhlangothi imephu enkulu ekusizeni ibonisa impi kanye nezwe eliseduze.

Amadoda Wokuhlonipha

Kukhona abayisishiyagalolunye abamukeli beMidal of Honor emangcwabeni, abahlukaniswa nokubhala kwegolide emathuneni. Kukhona izindaba eziningi ze-gallantry engavamile, kodwa okumangalisa kakhulu cishe kuFrank Luke Jr. (May 19, 1897-Septemba 29, 1918).

UFrank Luke wazalelwa ePhoenix, e-Arizona ngemuva kokuba uyise ehambele eMelika ngo-1873. NgoSeptemba ngo-1917, uFrank wabhalisa eSigaba Sezindiza, e-US Signal Corps. Ngo-July 1918 waya eFrance futhi wabelwa kwi-Aero Squadron yesi-17. Umlingiswa ophikisayo olungele ukungalaleli imiyalo, kusukela ekuqaleni wayezimisele ukuba umshayeli we-ace. Wazinikela ekubhubhiseni amabhaluni ama-German observation, umsebenzi oyingozi ngenxa yezikhali zokuzivikela eziphambene nezindiza. Ngomngani wakhe uLt. Joseph Frank Wehner ikhava yokuzivikela endizayo, laba ababili baphumelele ngokuphawulekayo.

NgoSeptemba 18, 1918, u-Wehner wabulawa evikela uLuka owadubula phansi amaFokker D. VIIs amabili ahlasela iTehner, alandela amabhaluni amabili.

Phakathi kukaSeptemba 12 no-29, uLuka wadubula amabhaluni angu-14 aseJalimane nezindiza ezine, okungekho omunye umshayeli owawuthola eMpini Yezwe I. Ukuphela kukaLuka okungenakugwemeka kwafika ngo-September 29. Udubule phansi amabhaluni amathathu kodwa walimala ngesibhamu esisodwa somshini eshonile esikhwameni ngaphezu kwakhe njengoba esondela emhlabathini. Udubule eqenjini lamajalimane aseJalimane njengoba ehla, wafa esafuna ukudubula amaJalimane ayezama ukumthatha.

ULuka wanikezwa iMedal of Honor ngemuva kwalokho. Umndeni kamuva wanikela umdanso eMnyuziyamu kaZwelonke we-United States Air Force eduze noSukuton, Ohio, lapho uboniswa khona nezinye izinto ezihlukahlukene ze-ace.

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Ngaphambi kuka-1914, ibutho laseMelika lalinganiselwa ku-19 emhlabeni wonke ngezinombolo, ngemuva kwePortugal. Kwakukhona amasosha angaphezu kuka-100 000 wesikhathi esigcwele. Ngo-1918, kwaba amasosha angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-4, abayizigidi ezimbili kubo abaya eFrance. AbaseMelika balwa kanye namaFulentshi e-Meuse-Argonne ecasulayo esukela ngo-September 26 kuya kuNovemba 11, 1918. Amaphoyisa angu-30 000 ase-US abulawe emavikini amahlanu, ngesilinganiso esiphakathi kuka-750 kuya ku-800 ngosuku. Kuwo wonke iMpi Yezwe I, ama-medals angu-119 adunyiswa ngesikhathi esifushane kakhulu.

Uma kuqhathaniswa nezinombolo zamasosha ahlangene abulawe, kwakungenani elincane kakhulu, kodwa laphawula ukuqala kokubandakanya kwamaMelika eYurophu. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwaba yimpi enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni waseMelika.

Ngemva kwempi, i-American efisa ukushiya indawo ehlala njalo eYurophu yaholela emathuneni.

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Amathuna avulekile nsuku zonke ngo-9: 00 ekuseni. Kuvaliwe ngo-Dec 25, Jan 1.

Izikhombisi I-Meuse-Argonne Amangcwaba aseMelika itholakala empumalanga komzana waseRomagne-sous-Montfaucon (Meuse), engamakhilomitha angu-26 enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeVerdun.
Ngomoto Ukusuka Verdun uthathe i-D603 ukuya eReims, khona-ke i-D946 eya eVarennes-en-Argonne bese ulandela izimpawu zeMelika Cemetery.
Ngesitimela: Thatha i-TGV noma isitimela esivela eParis Est bese ushintsha kuCharons-en-Champagne noma esiteshini se-Meuse TGV. Kuye ngomzila uhambo luyothatha cishe ihora elingu-40 ngomzuzu noma amahora angaphezu kuka-3. Amatekisi asekhaya atholakala ku-Verdun.

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