Private Harris Writes Anent The Stories of the Doughboys
Private Harris recalls fellow ex-doughboys in Alsace and the Argonne sharing wartime tales in a lively, vernacular style. The piece includes anecdotes about officers and raids, with humor amid danger, and notes how wartime experiences shaped memory and humor after the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Private Harris
Bob
France
Rockefeller
Hun
Britain
Belgium
Alsace
The
Argonne
M. P’s
Hobo” Fisher
Red Stuart
Red Delemater
Senator Jones
Happy Voelker
G. I
Fritz
P. C
No-Man's-Land
War memories from the Argonne and a soldier's letter
Pvt. N. K. Harris of the 35th MP Company writes of the Argonne combat experiences and a dug-out shell blast that killed Jones' brother. He recalls comrades, the death toll, and humor amid war, noting plans to Brest and expressing dismay at hero myths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Wddy
Jake
Fisher
Arench
Jones
Alsace
Johnny Barton
Slim Carson
Frank Enders
Bill Mason
Johnny
Bill
Slim
Enders
Mason
Charley Hines
Missouri
35Th Division
Argonne
Red Delemater
Fritz
Red
Voelker
Red Stuart
Cheppy
Hobo Fisher
Senator Jones
H. B
Shorty Wilson
Brest
Texas Red Stuart
Pvt
N. K. Harris
35Th
M. P. Co
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