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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1918
Page
7
In France, a major and two others paused to compose letters during a bombardment. A runner handed one letter to a courier, and the writer explained the envelope was addressed to Miss Alice Somebody in London. The runner said the major's sweetheart reads his daily notes, a grim, human detail from the trenches.
A recruit recalls identity disks worn for identification in case of injury, the ritual of “cootie” hunts, and daily trench life in France. He describes scratchers, insect powder, and improvised gear, plus a church parade under a German Fokker air threat and a football game after.
A World War I memoir excerpt describes marching to the front, artillery formation, and first shelling baptism. The narrator endures cold trenches, rats in shellproof cellars, Whisky Street, and a brutal night near the village of H- as German shells and machine guns loom, with hopeful notes of tea and camaraderie before a continuation next week.
Synopsis of chapters following Arthur Guy Empey from leaving Jersey City to enlist in Britain through front-line service in France. The narrative traces training, trench duty, over the top charges, wounds, gas, executions, and hospital discharge with vivid front-line episodes and humor.
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