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American Soldier Enlists with British Army in France
An American, Arthur Guy Empey, leaves Jersey City to enlist in the British army. After training, he serves in France with a machine gun unit, experiences trench fighting, bombardment, and reliefs, and recounts brutal frontline realities and a bitter leave postponement that echoes the heavy costs of war.
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Lusitania
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
Wayland
Empey
France
Oodes
Fempey
Rest Leiflets
Simpey
Tommy
No Man's Land
Old Pepper
No Man’s Land
Eropex
RK. T. O
Royal Transportation Officer
Santa Claus