The AP looked afresh at scenes from 1918 in the Ardennes, Somme, Argonne and Meuse regions, captured in images held in the archives of the U.S. National World War I Museum and Memorial. The Americans arrived late in the war, in 1917, and gave crucial help to Britain, France and other allies fighting Germany. On the day of the armistice, American soldiers celebrated victory with war-weary villagers in Stenay. Of the 2 million Americans who took part in World War I, 116,516 died and about 200,000 others were injured. ———This story has been corrected to show that 2 million Americans took part in World War I, not 4.3 million.

Source: ABC News May 24, 2018 10:30 UTC