02637nam 2200589 a 450 991078849100332120230803032604.01-57441-511-5(CKB)3170000000060789(EBL)1157513(OCoLC)831115098(SSID)ssj0000883600(PQKBManifestationID)11456802(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000883600(PQKBWorkID)10924330(PQKB)10212688(MiAaPQ)EBC1157513(MdBmJHUP)muse24817(Au-PeEL)EBL1157513(CaPaEBR)ebr10678386(CaONFJC)MIL797563(EXLCZ)99317000000006078920121109d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThey called them soldier boys a Texas infantry regiment in World War I /Gregory W. Ball1st edition.Denton, Tx. University of North Texas Press20131 online resource (273 p.)War and the Southwest series ;no. 11Description based upon print version of record.1-57441-500-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Recruiting the 7th Texas Infantry -- A portrait of the 7th Texas Infantry -- Camp Bowie and France -- "Fit to get down to serious business" -- The Western Front, October 6/13, 1918 -- The Western Front, October 14/30, 1918 -- "Bad enough at the best" -- Homecoming and the war's legacy.They Called Them Soldier Boys offers an in-depth study of soldiers of the Texas National Guard's Seventh Texas Infantry Regiment in World War I, through their recruitment, training, journey to France, combat, and their return home. Gregory W. Ball focuses on the fourteen counties in North, Northwest, and West Texas where officers recruited the regiment's soldiers in the summer of 1917, and how those counties compared with the rest of the state in terms of political, social, and economic attitudes.War and the Southwest series ;11.World War, 1914-1918Regimental historiesUnited StatesWorld War, 1914-1918CampaignsFranceWorld War, 1914-1918Regimental historiesWorld War, 1914-1918Campaigns940.4/1273Ball Gregory W.1969-1511645MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788491003321They called them soldier boys3827952UNINA