Author: Charles G. MacArthurPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Bug's-eye View of the War
Author: Charles G. MacArthurPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Bug's-eye View of the War
Author: Charles G MacArthurPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019756256
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This fascinating memoir provides a unique perspective on World War II, as seen through the eyes of an insect studying the human conflict. With humor and insight, MacArthur offers a fresh look at history that will appeal to readers of all ages. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Bug's-Eye View of the War (Classic Reprint)
Author: Charles G. MacarthurPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331122616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Excerpt from A Bug's-Eye View of the War The writer of this rather botchy yarn had a grandfather who served in the Civil War. It was the custom of the old gentleman to relate, with some show of pride, incidents of that conflict in which he usually figured as a principal. So breathless was his recital of heroism that it nearly landed him in Congress at one time, although certain of his political opponents circulated a report at the time of his candidacy that grandpa broke his shin on the way to the concentration camp and never shouldered anything more murderous than a borrowed umbrella. While these base insinuations never prevailed against the old boy's sterling reputation in the community, how idle would they have been had he kept a diary and had it printed and passed around! Lest it be forgotten, here is your record, set up in imperishable type - alms for oblivion. Changing points of view and lack of contemporaneous records have made it imperfect in many ways; but Memory has been a friend. I aim to suggest, rather than narrate, and perhaps the incidents that have been omitted will be recalled by their associations in these pages. It is called a bug's-eye view of the war because in reality that was our viewpoint. Food and sleep and work were our chief concerns, Mr. Wilson's speeches to the contrary, notwithstanding. If at any time we were crusaders, our objective was a ration dump; and nearly all of us felt that our obligations to Old Man La Fayette were discharged along with our food on the transport going over. Communiques and the progress of war loans seldom excited our interest, if at all. This is not an indictment of our patriotism, for we decided upon the purposes of the war long before we enlisted. No attempt, therefore, has been made to tell the story of the war. Only when it has been necessary has reference to it been made at all. This is only a simple tale of the smiles and tears and schoolboy scraps the bloomin' war occasioned in a little group of men banded together for its duration. Histories of what the millions did are already on sale, and reference to the war's larger events would be tiresome repetition here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Bug's-Eye View of the War
Author: Charles G MacArthurPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230474519
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...first _ time we had seen graves so marked. German helmets and uniforms and guns littered the road, testifying to the rout. Chateau Thierry The hike lasted all day and far into the night. During the afternoon the heat became terrific, but there was no let-up. We were chasing Germans. Water was worth your right arm, and nobody had it. In all, the march was the worst we had ever endured. At midnight we had almost caught up with the retreating Germans, and pulled our guns into a wood near Epieds for the night. The next day we dug graves and held funeral services for two Americans who had fallen near the woods two days before. Jack Walsh and Kratchovil made the crosses, and we buried them with their faces toward the east. Every forest and field held the dead of three armies--American, German and French. Regimental details trooped by all afternoon looking for the fallen of their commands. In our woods were the fox holes and hurriedly constructed dugouts where the Germans had made their last desperate stand. After a thorough prowling we utilized them as our sleeping quarters. The machine guns and rifles that littered the woods we mounted on the caissons as extra armament. In the evening we were told that Ohio and New York were ready to renew the attack, and preparations were made to move into positions. At dusk we left the woods and marched all night in a driving rain until we reached the doughboy lines. The roads were in bad shape and a dozen times the carriages went in up to the hubs. After fighting our way through the rain for seven hours on slippery, torn roads we stopped in a narrow ravine four hundred meters from the Germans' line. An hour's wait in a cold rain, the men speaking in whispers. At last a courier, who had been trying to find...
Histories of American Army Units
Author: Charles Emil DornbuschPublisher: Washington : Department of the Army, Office of the Adjutant General, Special Services Division, Library and Service Club Branch
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Bookman
Author: Twentieth Century Drama
Author: Simon TrusslerPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 134917064X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
A compendium of information on all the main events, individuals, political groupings and issues of the 20th century. It provides a guide to current thinking on important historical topics and personalities within the period, and offers a guide to further reading.
Twentieth Century American Literature
Author: Warren FrenchPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 134916416X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Trench Knives and Mustard Gas
Author: Hugh S. ThompsonPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603446540
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
"Thompson takes the reader on a journey with the 168th regiment of the 42nd Rainbow Division through the villages, towns, battlefields, and hospitals of France. He points out the sights along the way and has a knack for compressing a complex reflection on life into a single sentence. Severely wounded in his arm and back, Thompson reassesses his situation after visiting comrades who lost arms or legs. "I went back to my tent," he recalls, "almost ashamed of my own lucky wounds."".
A Soldier in World War I
Author: Elmer W. SherwoodPublisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 0871951738
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
As a soldier with the 42nd (Rainbow) Division in France in World War I, Elmer Sherwood was an observer with uncommonly good judgment. If his descriptions lacked perfection they partook of an attractive innocence that brought out the truth of such battles as the horrendous Meuse-Argonne offensive that took 26,000 lives.