“‘On the Sacred Soil’: Remembering June 1918 and the U.S. Marines who fought in France”

 

By Darin D. Lenz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, Fresno Pacific University

 

The following paper was awarded acceptance as part of the California State University Bakersfield World War One Centennial Conference titled "America in the Trenches: A Centennial Exploration of America's Involvement in the Great War." This paper was vetted by the CSUB history department for inclusion as a guest lecturer at the conference held October 13, 2018, at the university's Bakersfield Campus. This work falls under copyright restrictions, and the author has granted restricted permission for publication only here on this website. 

 

 

 Darin D. Lenz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Fresno Pacific University