Join us for a great discussion with Aaron Heft, currently serving as a SFC in the Army National Guard. Aaron works as a unit historian with the Army National Guard’s Leader Development program, where he uses lessons from the past to train and prepare today’s soldiers for the battlefield. 

 

He joins us to discuss the American 28th “Keystone” Division in World War I, a unit of primarily Pennsylvania National Guardsmen of which Aaron is currently a member. This talk will not be exclusively about the 28th’s time in the Meuse-Argonne, so you will hear about some other battles and engagements elsewhere along the Western Front. 

 

Link for the video version is here: 

https://youtu.be/ANOM4MYAUBA

 

Book links here:

1.     Wendy Yessler, Private Compton, https://www.amazon.com/Private-Compton-Experiences-Battalion-Infantry/dp/0578503131
2.     William Graham, Hells Observer, https://www.amazon.com/Hells-Observer-Wartime-American-Expeditionary/dp/0615620914/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=hells+observer&qid=1634085281&s=books&sr=1-1
3.     H.W. Hilton, War Over Half a Century Ago, https://www.amazon.com/War-Over-Half-Century-Ago/dp/B0006XLAUA/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=war+over+half+a+century+ago&qid=1634085329&s=books&sr=1-1
4.     James Murrin, With the 112th In France, https://www.amazon.com/112th-France-Doughboyss-Story-War/dp/1356238629/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=with+the+112th+in+france&qid=1634085382&s=books&sr=1-1
5.     Chester Baker, Doughboys Diary, https://www.amazon.com/Doughboys-Diary-Millie-Ragosta-ebook/dp/B00UQOMIVO/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=doughboy+diary&qid=1634085497&s=books&sr=1-3
6.     George Cooper, Our Second Battalion, https://www.amazon.com/Our-Second-Battalion-Accurate-Authentic/dp/1358194335/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Our+second+battalion&qid=1634085528&s=books&sr=1-1
7.     James Wharton, Squad, https://www.amazon.com/Squad-James-B-Wharton/dp/B000872FNA/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=squad+james+hwarton&qid=1634085565&s=books&sr=1-1-spell
8.     Hervey Allen, It Was Like This, https://www.amazon.com/Was-Like-This-Hervey-ALLEN/dp/B000MXD50M/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=it+was+like+this+hervey+allen&qid=1634085597&s=books&sr=1-1
9.     Hervey Allen, Towards the Flame, https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Flame-Memoir-World-War/dp/0803259476/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=towards+the+flame+hervey+allen&qid=1634085618&s=books&sr=1-1

10.Bob Hoffman, I Remember the Last War, https://www.amazon.com/Remember-Last-War-Original-Restored/dp/1467930237/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=bob+hoffman+I+remember+the+last+war&qid=1634085666&s=books&sr=1-1

 

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