CANTIGNY | LONG SLEEVE TEE | WWI CANTIGNY, FRANCE |28 MAY 1918 | 1ST DIVISION - BIG RED ONE
Sector Coordinate Series.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Cantigny – Long Sleeve Field Issue Shirt
A.E.F. Sector Coordinate Series
Cantigny, France | 28 May 1918
49.5239° N | 2.4439° E
This long sleeve shirt marks the ground where the American Expeditionary Forces launched their first offensive of the First World War.
Before dawn on 28 May 1918, the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, known as the Big Red One, stepped forward behind a rolling wall of American artillery. Their objective was a shattered farming village called Cantigny.
The advance carried them through shell torn fields, smashed orchards, and into streets already reduced to rubble. German machine guns opened from hidden trench lines and fortified cellars.
The village fell by mid morning.
Then the real fight began.
For the next three days German forces launched repeated counterattacks to retake the ground.
Artillery. Gas. Assault.
The Americans held.
Cantigny was a small village on a French hillside, but its meaning echoed across the entire Western Front.
It proved something the Allies desperately needed to know.
American troops could attack.
American troops could take ground.
American troops could hold it.
From that moment forward the American Expeditionary Forces were no longer arriving in France to learn war.
They were fighting it.
Honor the legacy of the American Expeditionary Forces 1918.
Product features
- 100% specially spun cotton for smooth, durable fabric and crisp printing
- Classic fit that layers easily without bulk
- Wide rib collar for comfortable neckline retention
- Ribbed cuffs for a finished, secure sleeve opening
- Subtle vintage document-style print on a neutral heather background
| S | M | L | XL | 2XL | 3XL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width, in | 18.00 | 20.00 | 22.00 | 24.00 | 26.00 | 28.00 |
| Length, in | 28.00 | 29.00 | 30.00 | 31.00 | 32.00 | 33.00 |
| Sleeve center back, in | 32.50 | 34.00 | 35.50 | 37.00 | 38.50 | 38.50 |
Care instructions
- Machine wash: warm (max 40C or 105F)
- Non-chlorine: bleach as needed
- Tumble dry: low heat
- Do not iron
- Do not dryclean
