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The much-publicized first attack of the Americans was to capture an insignificant village in Picardy named Cantigny, on May 28, 1918. The village was in the front lines of the German trenches. The attacking Americans were from the 1st Infantry Division. This was almost fourteen months after the US had declared war, time spent raising an army, training and equipping it and shipping it to France, where additional training took place.
Prior to this several US divisions had undergone tours of duty in the front line trenches, including the 1st Division. This was to introduce the men to the realities of fighting at the front.
During the introductory period the 1st Division served in a quiet sector of the front in Lorraine, 1st Division artillerymen fired the first shell of the American effort, into German positions near Xanrey in the Luneville sector. This was Battery C, 6th Field Artillery, on the morning of October 23, 1917. The gun was a French 75MM field piece and Sergeant Alex L. Arch pulled the lanyard. During this tour the first American wounded was a second lieutenant, D. H. Harden of the 26th Infantry, 1st Division. The first wounded enlisted man was Private Ashburn of the 18th Infantry, 1st Division, and the first prisoner was captured.
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