Europe chooses War -- 1917-The year of hope and despair -- America sends an Army to France -- The Americans move into the Line -- The first American offensive-St. Mihiel -- The AEF accepts the challenge: The Meuse-Argonne -- The test of battle: fighting through to victory -- Denouement and departure -- In retrospect -- Appendixes: Definitions of Military terms, abbreviations, and symbols -- Time spent in training and combat -- Status of Divisions on the Western Front, 11 November 1918 -- Division days on the Line in France -- Distance advanced against fire -- Awards for valor aggregated by Division -- Casualties, aggregated by Division -- Prisoners of War, aggregated by Division -- Consolidation of performance factors -- Responses of 728 veterans of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign to Army Service experiences questionnaires.