LEADER 02637nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910788491003321 005 20230803032604.0 010 $a1-57441-511-5 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060789 035 $a(EBL)1157513 035 $a(OCoLC)831115098 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000883600 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11456802 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000883600 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10924330 035 $a(PQKB)10212688 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1157513 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24817 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1157513 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10678386 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL797563 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060789 100 $a20121109d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThey called them soldier boys $ea Texas infantry regiment in World War I /$fGregory W. Ball 205 $a1st edition. 210 $aDenton, Tx. $cUniversity of North Texas Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aWar and the Southwest series ;$vno. 11 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 1 $a1-57441-500-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRecruiting 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. 330 $aThey Called Them Soldier Boys offers an in-depth study of soldiers of the Texas National Guard's Seventh Texas Infantry Regiment in World War I, through their recruitment, training, journey to France, combat, and their return home. Gregory W. Ball focuses on the fourteen counties in North, Northwest, and West Texas where officers recruited the regiment's soldiers in the summer of 1917, and how those counties compared with the rest of the state in terms of political, social, and economic attitudes. 410 0$aWar and the Southwest series ;$v11. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xRegimental histories$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zFrance 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xRegimental histories 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns 676 $a940.4/1273 700 $aBall$b Gregory W.$f1969-$01511645 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788491003321 996 $aThey called them soldier boys$93827952 997 $aUNINA