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Empey recounts gas attack and trench warfare in France
American Arthur Guy Empey narrates enlisting in the British army, front-line combat, a gas attack, and survival lessons. He describes gas helmets, trench danger, comrades killed, and a perilous ambulance ride as he moves toward a divisional intelligence post.
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