An American soldier in the Great War : the World War I diary and letters of Elmer O. Smith : Private First Class, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, 32nd Division / edited by John DellaGiustina.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Hellgate Press
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xxviii, 327 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-314) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: pre-war life in Michigan -- Enlistment in Lansing, Michigan -- Mobilization at Camp Grayling, Michigan -- Training at Camp MacArthur, Texas -- Day by day, the 1918 diary -- Movement to France -- Coetquidan, artillery training in France -- Wounded in action -- Back in the fight at the front, the Aisne-Marne Offensive -- Fierce combat in the Oise-Aisne Offensive -- The final push, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive -- The armistice and duty afterwards -- Summary of combat service -- Furlough and final months in France -- The return home to Michigan -- Epilogue: a lifetime of service.
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