08/26/2021
On July 14th, 1918, the 28th Infantry Division took up defensive positions south of the Marne River and east of Château-Thierry. German troops assaulted the position with artillery in what was later known as the Battle of Chateau-Thierry. The fighting was fierce, escalating to bitter hand-to-hand combat, but the 28th Division stood their ground. After the battle, General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force, visited the battlefield and declared that the 28th soldiers were "Men of Iron" and named the 28th ID as his "Iron Division."
