Always Move Forward: The 319th Infantry Regiment and the 80th Division in Wwi

by Gary Schreckengost

This is the historically accurate story of a fictional soldier who attacked up the regiment s axis of advance during the unforgiving Meuse-Argonne Private Ernie Swingle, a young railroad worker-turned-soldier from Erie, Pennsylvania. Read how and why he joined Army in the summer of 1917, what training was like in Camp Lee, Virginia, who his buddies were in the 2nd Platoon, K Company, 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, and what combat was like for some during those eighteen days of hell in the Meuse-Argonne.

92 pages, Paperback

First published September 21, 2009