after the war, hunter liggett was brought before congress and drilled about why the war continued on, but the obvious reason was, it was only an armistice. keep in mind, that is not a surrender. it means we are stopping the war right now to negotiate some sort of surrender. but the armistice does take place at that appointed time, and the battle winds down. the war winds down. the reason the war winds down is because of this 47-day battle, and it is because americans came in. pershing was adamant that the americans fight as an independent force. when the battle ends, and the histories are starting to be written, there is some question about what the american role was. certainly, america's bloodshed in the meuse-argonne was significant. you had heroes all of a sudden that came out through the news media. sam woodfield in the fifth division, who defeated a small group of germans on his own with a machine gun net. charles wilsey, the lost italian, a group of soldiers from the 77 division that were either lost or in the entire italian battalion. they were cut in the forest best caught --

. >> reporter: they expect the best on jim liggett field, oh, who is that?you put on one pant leg at a time whether you're a legend or not. >> reporter: the coach that's run this program since 1976 now on the cusp of 1,000 wins. this team is at 999 right now. did you ever think you'd get there is. >> i never worried about it. >> reporter: the timing would be perfect, however, for the winningest softball coach in california history. he leaves behind a legacy of roughly half his players moving on to college rosters. 40 have received scholarships. a long road for a former professional baseball players. >> if you've been here as long as i -- >> reporter: coach ligget has been coaching since 1967. he began with boys baseball and football, the girls and softball came later and they did require some adjustments. >> they cry a lot more. i think my first year i had everyone on the team crying. >> reporter: not anymore. or so we hear. >> he's calmed down in his older age. >> it's tough love. >> reporter: the only way they know how to play, same old, same old, one more

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after the war, hunter liggett was brought before congress and drilled about why the work continued on, but the obvious reason was, they were holding an armistice which is not a surrender, it just means you're stopping the war for right now. armistice does take place at that appointed time, and the battle lines down. and the war winds down. the reason again that the war winds down is because of this 47 day battle. and it is because the americans came in and because pershing was adamant that the americans fight as an independent voice. and the battle ends, histories are starting to be written, there is some question about what the american role was. certainly american but should was significant. andrew harris heroes all the sun that came out through the news media. charles will see who led the so-called lost battalion, a group of soldiers from the 77th division that were new there lost.r they fought for over six days to rescue them. part of the rescue to voice and another part of the argonne, a guy named alvin york who was a corporal, later promoted to charge and help fight the germans.