Henry Johnson didn’t need elevated rank to prove his worth—just a rifle, a bolo knife, and the guts to take on a German raiding party alone in the dead of night.

One hundred years later, the story of the 550 men of the “Lost Battalion” -- American soldiers trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne forest -- still resonates. It’s been the subject of ...

Hundreds of men were pinned down in France’s Argonne Forest, surrounded by the enemy. They’d been fighting furiously for six days, and now they were taking friendly fire from their would-be ...

There was fierce fighting on difficult terrain, including the large and mountainous Argonne Forest of Northeast France. As intense as the fighting was, there was no quick victory. The campaign ...

chose the name "Argonne Rose" as a tribute to the Argonne Forest in France, the site of a pivotal World War I battle, and the U.S. national flower, the rose. Since its opening, Argonne Rose became ...

York's heroism in the Argonne Forest in western France — he's arguably one of the most famous American veterans of the war and his generation — but few know of the adventures of Zephaniah ...

Harold E. Goettler and 2nd Lt. Erwin R. Bleckley, earning the honor during one of the most dramatic battles fought within the Argonne Campaign: that involving the “Lost Battalion.” Harold ...

and had been wounded in the Argonne Forest. Phillips’ best friend growing up was Eugene B. Sledge. Phillips graduated from high school in June of 1941 and went to work with the U.S. Engineers ...