On this day in 1918, Americans began offensive at St. Mihiel. From flank to flank, 665,000 Allied soldiers are assembled for this offensive. The 304th Tank Brigade, commanded by Patton, draws the fledgling American tank corps’ first blood. By nightfall of the first day, most of the U.S. First Army stand on its second day’s objectives. “It was some drive… Machine guns, rifles, shells, aeroplanes and tanks – everything you read about – I saw ‘em all…. We did in two days what were supposed to do in