The story
On August 26th the 90th began to move. Swinging slightly south of Paris the combat teams of the Division moved eastward through Fontainebleau and on toward the cathedral city of Reims. The names of disputed battlefields of the previous war were briefly noted and passed... the Marne, Château-Thierry, the Aisne and Reims at last. Verdun and the River Meuse fell to advance elements of the XX Corps further to the east.
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