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Saint-Mihiel (săN-mēyēl`), town (1993 est. pop. 5,435), Meuse dept., NE France, in Lorraine, on the Meuse River. Its chief manufactures are eyeglasses, plywood, and copper products. Saint-Mihiel grew around a Benedictine abbey founded in 709. Abbey buildings constructed in the 17th and 18th cent. are now used as a courthouse, library, and school. Points of interest include St. Michel church (17th cent.), with a door from Roman times, and the Church of St. Étienne, designed by Ligier Richier. In Sept., 1918, Saint-Mihiel was recovered from the Germans in the first battle of World War I in which American forces fought independently. Saint-Mihiel a village in NE France, on the River Meuse: site of a battle in World War I, in which the American army launched its first offensive in France How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It took place in and around and over a small French village named St Mihiel and it turned into the biggest air battle of that war. Just as the unit's namesake, Lafayette stood with Washington from Valley Forge to Yorktown, the men of the Escadrille stood by the French from their inception through the horrors of the Great War from Verdun to St Mihiel. |
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