With the popularity of the Tom Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation" dispatches the experiences of WWII are well documented.

WWI is practically a forgotten war here in the United States.

This documentary helps put the sacrifices that the common soldiers of all sides made in WWI.

The minimal role that the US played in the total conflict has also been enlightening. As an American I have been taught that participation was more protracted and intensive then it really was.

As the US becomes more entangled in the Iraq conflict I think this radio piece would be welcomed by anyone who has served in the military and to those who have family serving in harms way.

The physical conditions of the battle are well explored and I could vividly imagine what it might have been like in 1918.

The visit to the cemetery was particularly moving and most relevant when a young American student declares that "it only shows that in war everybody looses".