Unknown Soldiers : The American Expeditionary Forces in Memory and Remembrance

by Snell, Mark A.

• ISBN13: 9780873389402
• ISBN10: 0873389409
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-30
• Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr

Summary

"When the United States declared war in April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson sent the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) under the command of General John Pershing to the Western Front. After the war, Pershing became the head of the American Battle Monuments Commission, the new government agency that commemorated the AEF's exploits." "This collection draws on primary sources from previously unheard voices, including memoirs, autobiographies, official records, and oral histories, to present the coherent story of the AEF's experience and the memories they evoked. Unknown Soldiers will be a welcome addition to World War I literature and a solid addition to the fields of military history and the history of memory."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Remembering the AEF
"The Price Was Made and the Price Was Paid": Grandpa's Scar and Other Memories of the AEF	p. 3
Remembering the War to End All Wars	p. 28
The Memory of the Great War in the African American Community	p. 60
Soldiers and Their Units in Battle and Beyond
Bayonets, Blood, and Beyond: A Single Day of Combat for a Marine Corps Rifle Company	p. 83
Brothers-in-Arms: The 27th and 30th American Divisions with the British Army and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line, 1918	p. 99
Robert Rutherford McCormick: Journalist, Citizen-Soldier, and Country Gentleman	p. 120
General Charles P. Summerall: The Training, Command, and Education of the Citizen-Soldier	p. 144
In Search of York: Man, Myth, and Legend	p. 165
The AEF in Popular Memory
The Literature of the AEF: A Doughboy Legacy	p. 195
"After They've Seen Paree": The AEF in Film and Music	p. 238
Contributors	p. 264
Index	p. 266
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