Yesterday there was glory : with the 4th Division, A.E.F., in World War I / by Gerald Andrew Howell ; edited by Jeffrey L. Patrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howell, Gerald Andrew, 1889-1947, author.

Contributor:

Patrick, Jeffrey L., editor.

Series:

North Texas military biography and memoir series ; Number 11.

North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series ; Number 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Howell, Gerald Andrew, 1889-1947.

Howell, Gerald Andrew.

United States. Army. Division, 4th--History.

United States.

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Place of Publication:

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2017.

Summary:

In 1946, World War I veteran Gerald Howell finished a memoir of the experiences of his squad from the 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, but never published it. Jeffrey Patrick discovered the memoir and edited it for publication, providing an introduction and annotations. Yesterday There Was Glory is an unpretentious account of men at war, from training camp to the occupation of Germany. It includes graphic descriptions of the battlefield, of shell fire, gas attacks, and lice. "Between the attacks the men would lay in their wet holes and pray for relief. But no relief came," Howell remembers. He recalls much more than the horrors of combat, however, chronicling the diverse collection of heroes, professional warriors, shirkers, and braggarts that made up the American Expeditionary Forces. Howell's account preserves the flavor of army life with conversations and banter in soldier language, including the uncensored doughboy profanity often heard but seldom recorded.

Contents:

Gerald Andrew Howell

The American Expeditionary Forces in World War I

The Thirty-Ninth U.S. Infantry Regiment and the "Ivy" 4th Division

Editorial method and author's note

A doughboy speaks

Soldiers a la carte

En voyage

Arrival in France and movements

Behind the front

Aisne-Marne defensive

What happened in Fere-en-Tardenois Wood

Aisne-Marne offensive

Formation of the 1st American Army

St. Mihiel offensive

Meuse-Argonne offensive

On furlough in southern France

Formation of 2d U.S. Army (fini la guerre)

Advance of 3d American Army (army of occupation)

Advancing through Luxembourg

En route to Germany (first U.S. troops on the Rhine)

Army of occupation at Coblenz au Rhine

Along the Rhine

Back to the U.S. via France (demobilization)

Appendix A. 4th Combat Division A.E.F. Who were they?

Appendix B. 39th U.S. Infantry Regiment. Who were they?

Appendix C. World War Americana

"Mademoiselle from Armentieres"

"Oh! how I hate to get up in the morning"

Appendix D. Station list of Company B, 39th Infantry, May-December 1918.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-57441-704-5

OCLC:

1004368230