Dae Hinson

As I Saw It in the Trenches

Memoir of a Doughboy in World War I

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Produktbeschreibung

"Now that the United States has declared war upon the German Empire, and that men will more than likely be conscripted into the service, I shall feel embarrassed should I fail to be among the first to go to the training camp," wrote Dae Hinson of Leesville, Louisiana, in April 1917. His World War I memoir gives a compelling account of a young man's induction into the army, basic training, friendships formed and frontline combat in France with the 156th Infantry. Hinson vividly records his daily struggles for survival in the trenches amid gas attacks, exploding shells and the constant "rattle and fuss" of machine-gun fire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9780786498734
• ISBN-10: 0786498730
• Artikelnr.: 42023988

Autorenporträt

The late Dae Hinson taught in Louisiana schools for 38 years. He lived in Vernon Parish in Leesville, Louisiana.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments
v 1.
Introduction: "As I Saw It in the Trenches"
1 2.
Getting Accustomed to Camp Life
5 3.
Camp Beauregard
7 4.
Off to France
11 5.
Off to the Front
13 6.
Our Assignment
17 7.
Constructing Dugouts and Trenches
20 8.
First Bombardment
22 9.
Occupying France
31 10.
Night of the 15th
36 11.
Awaiting Orders
39 12.
The Barrier
43 13.
Crezancy
50 14.
Forced to Lie Under Fire
61 15.
Crossing the Marne
67 16.
Witnessing the Aerial Fights
72 17.
The Machine-Gun Engagements
80 18.
My Personal Machine Encounter
96 19.
Passing the Night
101 20.
Almost Surrounded
105 21.
Turning the Tide
114 22.
Return to Crezancy
118 23.
Mixing It on the Vesle [River]
121 24.
The St. Mihiel Surprise
131 25.
Waiting in Reserve
137 26.
Visitation to Hell
143 27.
A Few Incidentals
150 28.
In Hell Again
155 29.
Caught Napping
162 30.
Growing More and More Disgusted
170 Index
179