Yesterday There Was Glory: With the 4th Division, A.E.F., in World War I (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series): 11 - Hardcover

Howell, Gerald Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574416936 ISBN 13: 9781574416930

Publisher: University of North Texas Press,U.S., 2017

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Jeffrey L. Patrick is the librarian at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield in Republic, Missouri. He holds a master’s degree in history from Purdue University and is the editor of Guarding the Border: The Memoirs of Ward Schrantz, U.S. Army, 1912–1917.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of North Texas Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574416936
• ISBN 13: 9781574416930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Patrick Jeffrey L