The Blackness of a War Coast Journey
A memoir fragment recounts a dark coastal journey to an English town during wartime. The narrator describes a moonlit coast, crowded post office, and a tense welcome, culminating in a harbor visit with Navy officers aboard the Ganges and a dinner that highlights frontline life and jokes amid danger.
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Onga
Darknoee
Prosaic Night Raid Behind Enemy Trench
Lieutenant Wilfred N. Bickle recalls a night raid by the Fifteenth Battalion C E PF. Soldiers trained for a trench raid, breaching barbed wire and entering the German trench. They faced tight coordination, heavy fire, and a tense exit, with orderly withdrawal and a hard earned near-miss against discovery.
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Wilfred N. Bickle
Fifteenth Battalion
C. E. PF
Brentie
Red Gavin of the Gashouse Gang in War Tale
A wartime ballad recounts Red Gavin of the Gashouse Gang tied to Tony Regeto's saloon. It follows his escape from prison, enlistment, and heroic action alongside Sergeant Lennon during World War I, including No Man's Land evacuations and bayonet charges. The verse paints Gavin as fearless, loyal, and emblematic of Allied sacrifice.
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New York
Broadway
Japan
Dee Gardin
Eingland
Albion
Britain
Red
Gavin
Gashouse
Willete
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