Over the Top
It was in an office in Jersey City. I was sitting at my desk talking to a Lieutenant of the Jersey National Guard. On the wall was a big war map decorated with variously colored little flags showing the position of the opposing armies on the Western Front in France. In front of me on the desk lay a New York paper with big flaring headlines: LUSITANIA SUNK! AMERICAN LIVES LOST! The windows were open and a feeling of spring pervaded the air. Through the open windows came the strains of a hurdy-gurdy playing in the street-I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER. "Lusitania Sunk! American Lives Lost!"-I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER. To us these did not seem to jibe.
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Over the Top
It was in an office in Jersey City. I was sitting at my desk talking to a Lieutenant of the Jersey National Guard. On the wall was a big war map decorated with variously colored little flags showing the position of the opposing armies on the Western Front in France. In front of me on the desk lay a New York paper with big flaring headlines: LUSITANIA SUNK! AMERICAN LIVES LOST! The windows were open and a feeling of spring pervaded the air. Through the open windows came the strains of a hurdy-gurdy playing in the street-I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER. "Lusitania Sunk! American Lives Lost!"-I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER. To us these did not seem to jibe.
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Overview

It was in an office in Jersey City. I was sitting at my desk talking to a Lieutenant of the Jersey National Guard. On the wall was a big war map decorated with variously colored little flags showing the position of the opposing armies on the Western Front in France. In front of me on the desk lay a New York paper with big flaring headlines: LUSITANIA SUNK! AMERICAN LIVES LOST! The windows were open and a feeling of spring pervaded the air. Through the open windows came the strains of a hurdy-gurdy playing in the street-I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER. "Lusitania Sunk! American Lives Lost!"-I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER. To us these did not seem to jibe.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781421847009
Publisher: 1st World Library
Publication date: 06/15/2007
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

I.From Mufti to Khaki1
II.Blighty to Rest Billets12
III.I Go to Church24
IV."Into the Trench"27
V.Mud, Rats, and Shells33
VI."Back of the Line"39
VII.Rations46
VIII.The Little Wooden Cross54
IX.Suicide Annex60
X."The Day's Work"63
XI.Over the Top69
XII.Bombing78
XIII.My First Official Bath87
XIV.Picks and Shovels92
XV.Listening Post103
XVI.Battery D 238108
XVII.Out in Front131
XVIII.Staged under Fire135
XIX.On his Own145
XX."Chats with Fritz"158
XXI.About Turn167
XXII.Punishments and Machine-Gun Stunts177
XXIII.Gas Attacks and Spies187
XXIV.The Firing Squad204
XXV.Preparing for the Big Push234
XXVI.All Quiet (?) on the Western Front242
XXVII.Blighty262
"Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches"281
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