Author: LAWRENCE, JOSEPH DOUGLAS & ROBERT H. FERRELL (EDITOR)
Title: Fighting Soldier the Aef in 1918
Description: Boulder, CO: Colorado Associated University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0870811584. DJ and boards show shelfwear, with light chipping and short tears on DJ. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar. A few B&W photos and maps. ; 8.7 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches; 165 pages; "Lawrence wrote a memoir of his WW I experience for his children, later donating it to the U.S. Army Military History Institute in Pennsylvania where it was discovered by Ferrell, an Indiana University historian. He edited the manuscript (with the 91-year-old author's assistance) and added scene-setting introductions to the chapters. Lawrence, a National Guard sergeant in the summer of 1918 at the Ypres Salient, was sent to officers' school and commissioned. Assigned to the 29th Division, he took part in the Meuse-Argonne campaign, the largest American engagement of the war, commanding five infantry platoons and winning the Croix de Guerre for valor.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0870811584 AEF WWI Ypres american Expeditionary force Militaria
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Title: Fighting Soldier the Aef in 1918
Description: Boulder, CO: Colorado Associated University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0870811584. DJ and boards show shelfwear, with light chipping and short tears on DJ. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar. A few B&W photos and maps. ; 8.7 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches; 165 pages; "Lawrence wrote a memoir of his WW I experience for his children, later donating it to the U.S. Army Military History Institute in Pennsylvania where it was discovered by Ferrell, an Indiana University historian. He edited the manuscript (with the 91-year-old author's assistance) and added scene-setting introductions to the chapters. Lawrence, a National Guard sergeant in the summer of 1918 at the Ypres Salient, was sent to officers' school and commissioned. Assigned to the 29th Division, he took part in the Meuse-Argonne campaign, the largest American engagement of the war, commanding five infantry platoons and winning the Croix de Guerre for valor.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: 0870811584 AEF WWI Ypres american Expeditionary force Militaria
Price: US$ 19.50 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 20173
- Book number: 20173
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