Duty, Honor, Privilege: New York's Silk Stocking Regiment and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line

by Stephen L. Harris

On September 29, 1918, a regiment of volunteers from New York State, many of them rich boys from Manhattan, attacked the feared Hindenburg Line, one of the strongest defensive systems ever devised. At a frightful cost, suffering more killed on a single day than any other regiment in American history, they broke the enemy and helped conclude World War I.

374 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

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[Glenkes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating and heart-rendering read on the sacrifice exacted in the Great War. The loss of the "cream of the Manhattan" crop is mainly significant for its indication of how many thousands of more unheralded young men lost their lives.