Fix Bayonets!
The Doughboys were the American soldiers who entered the Great War in the last year of the conflict; and of their number the Marine Corps were the absolute elite. The author of this episodic but vivid series of sketches, John W. Thomason, was a Captain in the Corps, descended from a distinguished Southern military family. A natural writer, his colloquial account follows the Marines through France, giving an account of their most famous- and bloodiest - actions, including the Argonne Forest, Belleau Wood, Chateau Thierry, Mont Blanc and St Mihiel. As well as the fighting itself, Thomason is good on off-duty anecdotes. First-hand American accou…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84734-974-3
- EAN: 9781847349743
- Produktnummer: 20552802
- Verlag: Naval & Military Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 282 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.9 cm 420 g
- Gewicht: 420
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