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Days of Perfect Hell Red Cross close-up picture of the doughboysDescription by Peter L. Belmonte Hardcover Nearly 100 years ago, on October 4, 1918, on a muddy, poison gas soaked hillside in France, the U. S. 26th Infantry Regiment jumped off amidst a hail of shell fire and machine gun fire to begin the final push to end World War I. For the next 39 days, with little respite, the regiment fought desperately against a determined, well armed foe. This is the story of a single regiment in a successful, highly