Notes: A Soldier's Memoir of World War ITrafford Publishing, 2005 M10 4 - 186 páginas Bearing his medical discharge from the fledgling American Expeditionary Force after only four months as a trainee in the 1st Massachusetts Ambulance Corps, the author became one of thousands of American youths who sought adventure and validation by traveling North to offer their wartime services as members of the C.E.F. His account, finished in 1927, chronicles his brief U.S. Army experience, and more extensively, the next 20 months--from the signing of his Attestation papers in September, 1917 in Fredericton, N.B., to his release from active duty at St John, in May, 1919--as a Canadian soldier. Beginning with basic drill and an introduction to light artillery in Canada, he moved on to more intensive training in England, to become a charter member of an entirely new unit--the 12th (6-inch howitzer) Battery, 3rd Brigade, CGA. Not just a record of combat in France, the story encompasses a totality of military life as it impacted the author and his close companions. He faithfully records battlefield and bivouac experiences, anecdotes of both legal and unsanctioned absences in five countries, the formation (and shattering) of close friendships, of the strange realization of his having been wounded, and gassed, and his consequent hospitalization and recovery. Following an unauthorized reunification with his Battery mates in Belgium, he describes the boredom of post war occupation, demobilization via Kinmel Park in Wales, his return to Canada, and finally, the long and eagerly anticipated, yet strangely abrupt and poignant emptiness that attended his return to civilian life. The author's highly personal and well documented narrative is enhanced by the inclusion of letters written home, numerous scans of photographs and memorabilia that survived his epoch journey as well as a number of original pen and ink drawings that complement his writing. |
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... followed. During the hundred years that preceded the Great World War, there occurred the war between Gt. Britain and France (followed by Napoleon's exile in 1815); Greek War of Independence (1821-9); Internal strife in France (1830); ...
... followed the reports from the battlefields. In the fall of 1915 I returned to Sharon High School where I met Cann, Meister, Nelson and other boys of the upper classes who were following the war very carefully. Studies and sports were ...
... followed the mining industry until he heard the “call to arms” and traveled all the way to the “10th Battery” at Halifax, Nova Scotia to enlist as gunner with the regimental number 2100833. At Witley he transferred to the 12th where he ...
... followed by Stockport where we saw how airplanes were made, and then––Preston. As Bosdet and I stepped from our compartment, two girls stepped in. Instantly we decided NOT to stop over in Preston. Just as the train started I assisted a ...
... could not suppress a smile as I said, “No, Sir.” Then the old man's eyes were turned to look at my Major and Captain. Robinson was grim, but McKay's lips twisted into a smile, which was followed by a chorus of smiles from all. 32.
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Chapter Five Canadian ArmyIn France | 37 |
Chapter Six Canadian ArmyIn Belgium | 81 |
Chapter Seven Canadian ArmyIn British Isles | 111 |
Chapter Eight Canadian ArmyHome Again | 119 |
Chapter Nine Historical Notes and References | 125 |
Chapter Ten Souvenirs Letters and Other Notes | 143 |
12th Battery St Symphorien Belgium 1919 | 165 |
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Notes: Soldier's Memoir of World War I Clifton J. Cate,Charles Cameron Cate Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Notes: A Soldier's Memoir of World War I Clifton J. Cate,Charles C. Cate Sin vista previa disponible - 2005 |