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Home Town Leslie
Date of Passing Dec 10, 1973
Location of Interment Hurricane Cemetery - Hyden, Kentucky
Wall/Plot Coordinates Hurricane Cemetery near Wooton
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Breathitt Boys Leave For Camp Taylor May 3, 1918 - Jackson Times
Under Draft Call No. 148, from the Provost Marshal General's office, Washington, D. C., the following named men were inducted into service in the National Army and sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, near Louisville, Kentucky, on the 26th day of April, by the Local Board of Breathitt County, Jackson, Kentucky:
Wayne Turner, Norman Risner, Wiley Jones, Kie Watkins, Letcher Spicer, John Griffith, French Holbrooks, Curtis Duff, John Spicer, Ed Hogston, Thos. Allen, Jr., Brice Cundiff, John Dale, Ashur Spurlock, Sidney Roberts, Wesley McIntosh, Kelly Fletcher, Pearl Wilson, Gold Howard, Floyd Amburgy, Luther Noble, Jesse White, Nimmine Fugate, and Charley Campbell.
Robert Spencer, a registrant from Ohio, was also sent with the same contingent on transfer from that State.
Willie White, of Wolfcoal, was called in the same call and failed to answer, and has been certified to the Adjutant General as a deserter, and will be dealt with according to law prescribed for such offenses, which are very grave in time of war.
Notice is hereby given to all registrants that they may be called at any time, and it is their duty to keep the local board advised of their nearest post office, and to be on the lookout for a call, and that they will be dealt with severely for failing to answer promptly all calls made.
Draftees Called For May 3rd
Under Draft Call No. 168, from the Provost Marshal General's office, Washington, D. C., the following men are called by the Local Board of Breathitt County, to report at the courthouse at 3:00 p. m. on Friday, May 3, 1918, to be inducted into military service in the National Army, and sent to Fort Thomas, Kentucky:
Jesse Little, Frozen Creek; Chas. Arnett, Keck; Arthur Richards, Quicksand; Joseph Brophy, Jackson; Linville Clemons, Portsmouth; Walter R. Pelfry, Calla; Sherman Trent, War Creek; William Henry Moore, Key; Fulton Noble, Whick; Jesse Miller, Noble; Andy Russell, Lambric; Ed Bailey, Bays; Hiram Prater, Quicksand; Marion Sallee, Bays; George Fugate, Noble; Floyd Baker, Goebel Gap; Elijah Fraley, Turkey; Frank Hollon, Turkey; Ezekial Spicer, Oakdale; Blair Childers, Noctor; Chester Jennings, Quicksand; Jack McIntosh, Frozen; Anderson Henson, Wolfcoal; Jerry Gilbert, Juan; Charley Whitt, Portsmouth; Lacy Mann, Stevenson; David Pence, Simpson; Grover C. Watson, Quicksand; Wilson Turner, Houston; and Wiley McDaniel, Guage.
The above registrants have all been duly notified by mail, and will be expected to report at the above said place exactly on the hour and day contained in the order mailed to each of them.
The Rainbow Division (42nd Infantry Division) was the premier National Guard division to fight on the Western Front in the Great War. Made up of units from 26 states and the District of Columbia, the Rainbow was a unique attempt to combine units from every section of the nation and to get them to France as quickly as possible. The Rainbow arrived in France in December 1917, and served in every major battle the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) participated in. After the end of the war in November 1918, the Rainbow was selected to serve in the Army of Occupation, remaining in Germany until the spring of 1919. The division counted in its leadership Douglas MacArthur, William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan (later known for his service as the head of the OSS in World War II and for founding the CIA), soldier-poet Joyce Kilmer, Father Francis P. Duffy, plus future secretaries of the Army and the Air Force and two who would become Army Chiefs of Staff. George S. Patton's tanks supported The Rainbow Division during the St. Mihiel operations, the first time the legendary Patton planned for the use of tanks on the battlefield.
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World War I - Champagne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne
World War I/Aisne Campaign/World War I/The Battle of Cantigny
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Description The Battle of Cantigny, fought May 28th 1918 was the first major American battle and offensive of World War I. The U.S. 1st Division, the most experienced of the five American divisions then in France and in reserve for the French Army near the village of Cantigny, was selected for the attack. The objective of the attack was both to reduce a small salient made by the German Army in the front lines but also to instill confidence among the French and British allies in the ability of the inexperienced American Expeditionary Force (AEF).
Capture of Cantigny
At 06:45 [H Hour], 28 May 1918, American Soldiers of the 28th Infantry Regiment left their jump-off trenches following an hour-long artillery preparation. Part of the preparation was counter-battery fire directed at German artillery positions. A rolling barrage, advancing 100 meters every two minutes, was calculated to give the attacking troops time to keep up with it.
The 28th Infantry Regiment (Colonel Hansen Ely, commanding) plus two companies of the 18th Infantry, three machine-gun companies and a company of engineers (3,564 men), captured Cantigny from the German Eighteenth Army. The village was situated on high ground surrounded by woods, making it an ideal observation post for German artillery.
Because the Americans did not have them in sufficient quantity, the French provided air cover, 368 heavy artillery pieces, trench mortars, tanks, and flamethrowers. The French Schneider tanks were from the French 5th Tank battalion. Their primary purpose was to eliminate German machine gun positions. With this massive support, and advancing on schedule behind the creeping artillery barrage, the 28th Infantry took the village in 30 minutes. It then continued on to its final objective roughly a half kilometer beyond the village.
Defense against German counterattacks
The first German counterattack, a small attack at 08:30 against the extreme right of the new American position, was easily repulsed, but German artillery bombarded the 28th Infantry for most of the day. At 17:10 the first large-scale counterattack took place, and a company of the 1st Battalion of the 26th Infantry commanded by Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was used to reinforce a weak spot in the American line. Another German counterattack at 18:40 was also repulsed by a combination of artillery and Infantry defensive fire. A series of counterattacks over the next two days were also defeated by both American regiments, and the position held.
The Americans reduced the salient and expanded their front by approximately a mile. A minor success, its significance was overshadowed by the battle underway along the Aisne. The U.S. forces held their position with the loss of 1,603 casualties including over 300 killed in action; they captured 250 German prisoners. Matthew B. Juan, a Native American war hero, was killed during this battle.
The American success at Cantigny assured the French that American divisions could be entrusted in the line against the German offensive to take Paris. The victory at Cantigny was followed by attacks at Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood in the first half of June.
