The American Foreign Legion: Black Soldiers of the 93rd in World War I

by Roberts, Frank E.

• ISBN13: 9781591147343
• ISBN10: 1591147344
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Summary

The first full story of the extraordinary accomplishments of the African Americans serving with the French at the height of the German offensive in 1918.

Author Biography

Frank E. Roberts retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1986 as a lieutenant colonel. He had served in the enlisted ranks for seven years and then as a commissioned officer for twenty-five years on both active and reserve status. His civilian career includes management and engineering positions in industry, among them president and chief executive officer of an electronics instrument manufacturing firm in Austin, Texas. Presently he is semi-retired and teaching industrial technology at a middle school in Mesquite, Texas

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
INTRODUCTION: A Foreign Legion Is Born	1	(77)
1 The 93d Division's First Regiment	3	(9)
2 The 15th's Trials at Spartanburg	12	(8)
3 The "Eighth Illinois" Mobilizes	20	(6)
4 The Draftees of the 371st Infantry	26	(10)
5 The Composite 372d Infantry	36	(6)
6 The 15th New York Infantry Sails for France	42	(11)
7 The 15th Becomes the 369th Infantry	53	(10)
8 The Rest of the 93d Division Ships Out	63	(7)
9 The 370th Starts Combat Training	70	(8)
10 The 37 1st Goes into the Trenches	78	(11)
11 The 37 2d Gets Its First Taste of Combat	89	(9)
12 The 93d Division's First Heroes	98	(9)
13 The Elastic Defense and the 369th	107	(8)
14 Marshal Foch Prepares to Attack	115	(7)
15 The First Stages of the Fall Offensive	122	(8)
16 The Attack on Bellevue Signal Ridge	130	(14)
17 The Push beyond Bellevue Signal Ridge	144	(8)
18 The 370th Attacks at Canal de l'Oise-l'Aisne	152	(12)
19 The 370th in Pursuit	164	(9)
20 Final Days on the Vosges Front	173	(11)
21 Armistice	184	(9)
22 Homeward Bound	193	(10)
APPENDIX A: Casualty and Strength Data	203	(2)
APPENDIX B: Awards and Decorations	205	(4)
APPENDIX C: Organization and Surviving Units	209	(2)
Notes	211	(32)
Bibliography	243	(8)
Index	251