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In the Trenches from a Private’s Frontline Memoir
Private McElween recounts frontline duty and first aid to wounded Fritz prisoners. He describes food aid after capture, German mutinies, punishment, hospital escapes, pill-box capture under a Red Cross flag, and brutal mud of assault, ending with a clash over German behavior and frontline bombardment.
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McElween
Funs
Fritzie
America
Frittzie
Hospital
Peixies
Tom Cats
Fritz
Fritzies
Western Front
Smeer
Beige
Ian
You
Hans
Brewith