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120th Public Affairs Detachment
Aug. 6, 2018 | 2:39
Early on the morning of July 4, 1918, during World War One, a line of infantrymen composed of battle-hardened Australian and fresh American troops rose up from the security of their trenches and fighting positions to attack German forces defending the lightly wooded farmland surrounding Le Hamel, a quiet village nestled in the rural Somme valley of northern France. It was the first time that Allied Australian and American forces had attacked together in combat, but it would not be the last.
One hundred years later Australian and American troops are still standing shoulder-to-shoulder, this time in Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia, wrapping up a multi-national training exercise aptly named after the now-famous Battle of Hamel. Three soldiers of the Indiana National Guard explain their experience.
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