Joseph Compton Castner
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Joseph Compton Castner was a United States Army general. He commanded the Ninth Infantry Brigade in all its operations as a part of the Fifth Division, American Expeditionary Forces during the final m
Major Joseph Castner in 1917.
The Commanding General of the 5th Division and his two infantry brigade commanders at Longuyon, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, November 24, 1918. From left to right: Brigadier General Joseph C. Castner, commanding the 9th Brigade, Major General Hanson E. Ely, commanding the 59th Division, and Brigadier General Paul B. Malone, commanding the 10th Brigade.
Meuse–Argonne offensive
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The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of N
Joseph Compton Castner
…with the Tenth Brigade in line. When passage of lines was made, he pushed his outpost lines up near to the Hindenburg Line. In the first phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, his Brigade captured Cunel and drove the enemy from the Bois-de-la-Pultiere and the northwestern Bois-de-Foret. In the second phase of the Meuse-Argonne…
German soldiers drawing water
General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).
Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, commanding the U.S. First Army.
US Marines in the Meuse-Argonne offensive.