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Through the wheat : the U.S. Marines in World War I / Edwin H. Simmons and Joseph H. Alexander.
Van Pelt Library D570.348.A1 S56 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simmons, Edwin H., 1921-2007.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Marine Corps--History--World War, 1914-1918.
- United States.
- United States. Marine Corps.
- World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--United States.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 296 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Prologue: Les Mares Farm, Northern France, June 3, 1918 xxiii
- 1 "The War to End All Wars" 1
- 2 Fivefold Expansion 18
- 3 New Frontiers 37
- 4 "Over There" 51
- 5 The Trenches of Verdun 66
- 6 "Retreat, Hell!" 81
- 7 Belleau Wood 100
- 8 "In Every Clime and Place" 126
- 9 Soissons: The First Day 143
- 10 Soissons: The Second Day 162
- 11 Marbache and St. Mihiel 177
- 12 Blanc Mont 196
- 13 The Meuse-Argonne Campaign 219
- 14 The Watch on the Rhine 241
- Appendix Medals of Honor Awarded 259.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591147916
- 1591147913
- OCLC:
- 213602032
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