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[...]" ...would have news of him, fully and authentically, no matter what happened to him. So Mr. Allen posted his representatives in every hospital, in every trench sector, and through them kept track of every soldier. If a man was taken prisoner Mr. Allen knew it. If he was wounded Mr. Allen knew just where and how. The man's family was told of it immediately. Presently, where this was possible, Mr. Allen's representative was writing letters from the wounded men to their relatives, and was receiving all Mr. Allen's news of these relatives for the men in the hospital. In addition to things of this kind, done by Red Triangle men, Red Cross men, and the Salvation Army and the Knights of Columbus, all these organizations worked together to effect distributions of comfort kits and sweaters, gift cigarettes and chocolate, and all the dozen and one things that made the soldiers find life a little more agreeable. There was more than co-operation from the army itself. There was the deepest gratitude, openly expressed, from every member of the army, whether general or private, because it was a recognized fact that, though an army cannot do these things itself, it owes them more than it can ever repay. CHAPTER XVI INTO THE TRENCHES AFTER months of training behind the lines the doughboys began to long for commencement. It came late in October. The point selected for the trench test of the Americans was in a quiet sector. The position lay about twelve miles due east from Nancy and five miles north of Luneville. It extended roughly from Parroy to Saint-Die. Even after the entry of the Americans the sector remained under French command. In fact, the four battalions of our troops which made up the first American contingent on the fighting-line were backed up by French reserves. No better training sector could have been selected, for this was a quiet front. American officers who acted as observers along this line for several days before the doughboys went in found that..."[...]
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GenreHistory
Length6 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 22, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ILLUSTRATIONS
2CHAPTER I THE LANDING OF PERSHING
3CHAPTER II "VIVE PAIR-SHANG!"
4CHAPTER III THE FIRST DIVISION LANDS
5CHAPTER IV THE FOURTH OF JULY
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6CHAPTER V WHAT THEY LIVED IN
7CHAPTER VI GETTING THEIR STRIDE
8CHAPTER VII SPEEDING UP
9CHAPTER VIII BACK WITH THE BIG GUNS
10CHAPTER IX THE EYES OF THE ARMY
11CHAPTER X THE SCHOOLS FOR OFFICERS
12CHAPTER XI SOME DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
13CHAPTER XII THE MEN WHO DID EVERYTHING
14CHAPTER XIII BEHIND THE LINES
15CHAPTER XIV FRANCE AND THE MEDICOES
16CHAPTER XV IN CHARGE OF MORALE
17CHAPTER XVI INTO THE TRENCHES
18CHAPTER XVII OUR OWN SECTOR
19CHAPTER XVIII A CIVILIAN VISITOR
20CHAPTER XIX A FAMOUS GESTURE
21CHAPTER XX THE FIRST TWO BATTLES
22CHAPTER XXI TEUFEL-HUNDEN
23CHAPTER XXII THE ARMY OF MANŒUVRE
24CHAPTER XXIII ST. MIHIEL
25CHAPTER XXIV MEUSE-ARGONNE BEGINS
26CHAPTER XXV CEASE FIRING
27GENERAL PERSHING'S REPORT
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