Chapter One
Training at Camp Beauregard It was a hot, sunny day, the tenth of June, the year Nineteen Eighteen, that I voluntarily answered the call...
Chapter Two
Camp Mills, New York On the morning of August 15th we arrived just outside of the city of New York and marched up to the ferry boats,...
Chapter Three
The Voyage Across There were thirteen transports and 9 torpedo boat destroyers in our convoy. Over our ships, flying in circles, were two...
Chapter Four
Working in France With heavy packs on our backs we hiked all the way in, scarcely stopping until some of the men fainted and fell out....
Chapter Five
Training for the Trenches We found our Company quartered in an old hunting house that had been used by some rich French nobleman while on...
Chapter Six
The Price of War As we continued on our march there were telephone poles and wires which had been cut and torn by German shells. Here and...
Chapter Seven
With the 89th Division At sundown, tired, hungry and thirsty, we reached the troops of the 89th Division on the St. Mihiel sector,...
Chapter Eight
To the Trenches With packs, rifles and full equipment including picks and shovels we fell in line of two abreast and began our march to...
Chapter Nine
Into the Valley of Death Instead of continuing on the main road, as we had expected, our leading column was turned off abruptly in...
Chapter Ten
Hiking On the following night orders were given for a twenty-mile hike which almost took our breath away. But surprises are not unusual,...