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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818151003321

Autore

Hogan Martin J (Martin Joseph), <b. 1901.>

Titolo

The Shamrock Battalion in the Great War [[electronic resource] /] / Martin J. Hogan ; edited with an introduction by James J. Cooke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8262-6572-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

viii, 132 p. : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

HoganMartin J <b. 1901.> (Martin Joseph)

CookeJames J

Disciplina

940.4/1273

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Regimental histories - United States

Saint-Mihiel, Battle of, Saint-Mihiel, France, 1918

Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918

World War, 1914-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of: The Shamrock Battalion of the Rainbow. 1919.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- The Shamrock Battalion in the Great War -- Contents -- Editor's Introduction -- Notes on the Text -- Author's Note -- 1. One of the Beginnings of the "Rainbow" Division -- 2. Through the Submarines -- 3. Tightening Belts for the Front -- 4. We Learn the Song of the Guns -- 5. Our First Fighting -- 6. In the Hospital -- 7. Before We Ride the German Storm -- 8. The "Rainbow" Dams the Flood -- 9. Through Hell at Château Thierry -- 10. In the Hospital Again -- 11. The "Million-Dollar Shoot" -- 12. The Last Great Push -- 13. God's Country Again -- 14. My Outfit -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Hogan shares his frontline experience at St. Mihiel and in the Argonne Forest as a National Guardsman in the 165th Infantry's Shamrock Battalion, a regiment in the famed Rainbow Division of World War I. His memories of Chaplain Father Francis Duffy and others present the war from the soldier's perspective"--Provided by publisher.