Yesterday There Was Glory: With the 4th Division, A.E.F., in World War I (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781574416930)

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.

Author: Gerald Andrew Howell
ISBN-10: 1574416936
ISBN-13: 9781574416930
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Language: English
Published: 09/14/2017
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d