I Maintain the Right by Rick Reeves

The 307th Engineers in the Meuse - Argonne, October 1918 Commissioned by the 307th Engineer Battalion, “I Maintain the Right” is brought to life by one of the country’s leading historical artists, Rick Reeves, who combines exquisite detail and authenticity in his depiction of the 307th Engineers engaged in a fierce battle during the Meuse-Argonne campaign. While conducting engineer operations in the First Army Rear, Delta Company was detached from the 82nd Division and ordered to support the 55th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division in the vicinity of Apremont, France. The company was broken up with 50 sappers, a platoon of machine gunners and two squads of infantry assigned to a quarry forward of the line with the mission to organize it as a strong point. The balance of the company was held in reserve to conduct reconnaissance patrols and bolster defenses in the firing line. The quarry was a key defensive position to the division, and it had been ordered that no man was to leave his posit