UID:
almafu_9959226539402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 199 p. )
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ill., maps ;
ISBN:
1-280-46640-5
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9786610466405
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0-8032-5636-1
Serie:
Studies in War, Society, and the Military
Originaltitel:
Project Muse UPCC books
Inhalt:
George "Brownie" Browne was a twenty-three-year-old civil engineer in Waterbury, Connecticut, when the United States entered the Great War in 1917. He enlisted almost immediately and served in the American Expeditionary Forces until his discharge in 1919. An American Soldier in World War I is an edited collection of more than one hundred letters that Browne wrote to his fiancée, Martha "Marty" Johnson, describing his experiences during World War I as part of the famed 42nd, or Rainbow, Division. This extraordinary collection of Brownie's letters reveals the day-to-day life of an American soldier in the European theater. The difficulties of training, transportation to France, dangers of combat, and the ultimate strain on George and Marty's relationship are all captured in these pages. David L. Snead weaves the Browne correspondence into a wider narrative about combat, hope, and service among the American troops. By providing a description of the experiences of an average American soldier serving in the American Expeditionary Forces in France, this study makes a valuable contribution to the history and historiography of American participation in World War I.
Anmerkung:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Mobilization and training in the United States -- From the States to a quiet sector in France -- Training and action in a quiet sector -- Initiation to combat: champagne and the Battle of Ourcq River -- Rest and the Battle of Saint-Mihiel -- The Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the end of the war.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8032-1351-4
Sprache:
Englisch
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