FLOYD GIBBONS
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
"AND THEY THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T FIGHT"
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 CHaTEAU-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 1ST ARMY CORPS
Transcriber's Note:
1. Minor print errors corrected. Details at the end of this text. 2. All dialect spelling has been retained.