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Memories of World War I: North Carolina Doughboys on the Western Front
Memories of World War I North Carolina Doughboys on the Western Front Author:R. Jackson Marshall World War I was the world's first "modern" war. It introduced weapons such as the machine gun, poison gas, the airplane, and the armored tank. Despite the deadliness of such weapons of destruction and the horror of massive artillery bombardments, generals on both sides persisted in a primitive, outdated concept of waging war. The result was an a... more »wful trench warfare that inflicted a staggering loss of life among the soldiers who fought on the Western Front. Jackson Marshall skillfully describes the experiences of the North Carolina doughboys who endured the fright and hardships of fighting on the battlefields of Belgium and France. Through the graphic testimonies of 36 now-deceased North Carolinians, Marshall has captured the pain, sacrifice, and courage of a generation of North Carolina's sons. This is the story of individual soldiers and their struggle to survive on the Western Front.« less