Book
Forgotten soldiers of World War I : America's immigrant doughboys / Alexander F. Barnes & Peter L. Belmonte.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780764355479
- ISBN: 0764355473
- Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Illustrated endpapers. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and index. |
| Summary, etc.: | "This book covers the entire spectrum of military service during World War I. It gives examples, including many photographs, from almost every ethnic and national group in the United States during this time. Including draft registration, induction and training, stateside service, overseas service, combat, return home, and discharge, learn the history of America’s foreign-born soldiers during World War I and how they adapted to military service to become part of the successful American Expeditionary Forces."-- Publisher's website. |
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| Subject: | World War, 1914-1918 > United States > Participation, Immigrant. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
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Forgotten Soldiers of World War I : America's Immigrant Doughboys
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Table of Contents
Forgotten Soldiers of World War I : America's Immigrant Doughboys
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | p. 8 | |
| Foreword: There's a Long, Long Trail A-winding ... | p. 9 | |
| Chapter 1 | A Nation of Immigrants | p. 18 |
| Chapter 2 | Draft Laws, Draft Registration, and Drafted Men | p. 22 |
| Chapter 3 | Stateside Training and Service | p. 33 |
| Chapter 4 | Naturalization and Deployment | p. 51 |
| Chapter 5 | Over There: Combat Service in France | p. 66 |
| Chapter 6 | Biographies | p. 92 |
| Chapter 7 | The Home Front | p. 102 |
| Chapter 8 | Unusual Events and Unique Episodes | p. 109 |
| Chapter 9 | It's Finally Over: Armistice, Occupation, and Home Again | p. 132 |
| Chapter 10 | Into the Land of My Dreams | p. 154 |
| Endnotes | p. 173 | |
| Bibliography | p. 182 | |
| Index | p. 189 |
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