Artillery Scout: The Story of a Forward Observer with the U.S. Field Artillery in World War I
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| Category: | Books |
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| ISBN: | 1612002714 |
| Title: | Artillery Scout: The Story of a Forward Observer with the U.S. Field Artillery in World War I The Fast Free Shipping |
| Author: | Bilder, James G |
| Publisher: | Casemate Publishers |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Book Binding: | Hardback |
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| Book Condition: | GOOD |
| SKU: | CIN1612002714G |
Item description
The soldiers of World War I are often referred to as the Lost Generation; this book is an intimate look at some U.S. soldiers experiences after being thrust into the centre of the Great War and enduring some of its most gruelling battles.
Len Fairfield (the authors grandfather) was an Artillery Scout, or Forward Observer, for the U.S. Army, and was a firsthand witness to the wars carnage as he endured its countless hardships, all of which are revealed here in vivid detail. His story takes the reader from a hard life in Chicago, through conscription, rigorous training in America and France, and finally to the battles which have become synonymous with the U.S. effort in FranceSt. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest, the latter claiming 26,000 American lives, more than any other U.S. battle.
Fairfield, with his artillery in support of the 91st (Wild West) Division, was on the front lines for it all, amidst a sea of carnage caused by bullets, explosives and gas, with the occasional enemy plane swooping in to add strafing to the chaos. Entire units were decimated before gaining a yard, and then the Doughboys would find German trenches filled with dead to indicate the enemy was suffering equally.
The AEF endured a rare close-quarters visit to hell until it was sensed that the Germans were finally giving way, though fighting tooth-and-nail up to the very minute of the Armistice.
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