And they thought we wouldn't fight
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Gibbons Floyd Phillips. And they thought we wouldn't fight
FOREWORD
CHAPTER I. THE SINKING OF THE Laconia
CHAPTER II. PERSHING'S ARRIVAL IN EUROPE
CHAPTER III. THE LANDING OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CONTINGENT IN FRANCE
CHAPTER IV. THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF WAR
CHAPTER V. MAKING THE MEN WHO MAN THE GUNS
CHAPTER VI "FRONTWARD HO!"
CHAPTER VII. INTO THE LINE – THE FIRST AMERICAN SHOT IN THE WAR
CHAPTER VIII. THE FIRST AMERICAN SECTOR
CHAPTER IX. THE NIGHT OUR GUNS CUT LOOSE
CHAPTER X. INTO PICARDY TO MEET THE GERMAN PUSH
CHAPTER XI. UNDER FIRE
CHAPTER XII. BEFORE CANTIGNY
CHAPTER XIII. THE RUSH OF THE RAIDERS – "ZERO AT 2 A. M."
CHAPTER XIV. ON LEAVE IN PARIS
CHAPTER XV. CHÂTEAU-THIERRY AND THE BOIS DE BELLEAU
CHAPTER XVI. WOUNDED – HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHOT
CHAPTER XVII "GOOD MORNING, NURSE"
CHAPTER XVIII. GROANS, LAUGHS AND SOBS IN THE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER XIX "JULY 18TH" – THE TURN OF THE TIDE
CHAPTER XX. THE DAWN OF VICTORY
APPENDIX. PERSONNEL OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE
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Between America and the firing line, there are three thousand miles of submarine infested water. Every American soldier, before encountering the dangers of the battle-front, must first overcome the dangers of the deep.
Geographically, America is almost four thousand miles from the war zone, but in fact every American soldier bound for France entered the war zone one hour out of New York harbour. Germany made an Ally out of the dark depths of the Atlantic.
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It was the tension of the minute – it was the give way of overwrought nerves – it was bedlam and nightmare.
I sought to establish some authority in our boat which was about to break out into full mutiny. I made my way to the stern. There, huddled up in a great overcoat and almost muffled in a ship's life-preserver, I came upon an old white-haired man and I remembered him.
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