{"title":"Doughboy Devil Dogs: U.S. Army Officers In The 4th Brigade In The Great War","authors":"R. Faulkner","doi":"10.35318/mch.2021070101","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:World War I was the first conflict where the U.S. Marines truly entered the American consciousness, particularly through the 4th Brigade's accomplishments at Belleau Wood in June 1918. What is generally missing from the Marines' story is the large number of U.S. Army officers who led Marine platoons in the brigade and often paid a heavy price for their service. This article examines how Army officers came to be assigned to the 4th Brigade and the backgrounds and performance of these \"doughboy devil dogs\" in the unit. It also offers some suggestions for why they largely disappeared from the narrative of the brigade's service in World War I.","PeriodicalId":161827,"journal":{"name":"Marine Corps History","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Marine Corps History","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.35318/mch.2021070101","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:World War I was the first conflict where the U.S. Marines truly entered the American consciousness, particularly through the 4th Brigade's accomplishments at Belleau Wood in June 1918. What is generally missing from the Marines' story is the large number of U.S. Army officers who led Marine platoons in the brigade and often paid a heavy price for their service. This article examines how Army officers came to be assigned to the 4th Brigade and the backgrounds and performance of these "doughboy devil dogs" in the unit. It also offers some suggestions for why they largely disappeared from the narrative of the brigade's service in World War I.