New York National Guard soldiers of the 27th Infantry Division cross a bridge over the LeSelle River on their way to St . Souplet , France during the Hindenburg Line campaign in the fall of 1918 .
The bridge was built by the Soldiers of the 102 nd Engineer Battalion .
(New York State Military Museum photo)
29 SEP 2018
The Associated Press
GOSHEN , N . Y. - - Forty soldiers killed on the same day during World War I were remembered Saturday in the Hudson Valley on the 100 th anniversary of their deaths .
Officials in Orange County , New York held a ceremony to honor the 40 county residents who died on Sept . 29, 1918 , when Allied forces breached the Hindenburg Line in northern France.
The Hindenburg Line was the last line of German defenses . Troops who broke through the heavily fortified zone helped bring about the end of World War I less than two months later , on Nov . 11 , 1918 .
The ceremony was held at the county ' s Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Goshen .
The 40 men served in Companies E and L of the 107 th Regiment of the Army ' s 27th Infantry Division .
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