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America's "foreign legion" : immigrant soldiers in the Great War
- Title
- America's "foreign legion" : immigrant soldiers in the Great War / Dennis A. Connole.
- Author
- Connole, Dennis A., 1943-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-3320 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 240 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Immigrant American soldiers played an important role in World War I. Matthew Guerra (the author's great uncle) immigrated to America from Italy around age 12. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1918 and shipped to France, where he joined the 58th Infantry Regiment of the 4th "Ivy" Division. Wounded by shrapnel, the 22-year-old died"--
- Subject
- Guerra, Matthew
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 58th > History
- United States. Army > Biography
- United States. Army
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 58th
- Argonne, Battle of the (France : 1918)
- 1918
- Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918
- Soldiers > United States > Biography
- Soldiers
- France
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The quest begins -- Matthew Guerra in America -- America enters the war: the World War I Draft Act -- Registration day -- Selection of the candidates -- Deferments and exemptions: the non-declarant alien dilemma -- Welcome to Camp Upton -- Recruit processing -- Basic training: Camp Devens -- Social and recreational activities at the training camps -- Foreign-born U.S. Army recruits: non-English speaking draftees -- Enter Lt. Stanislaw A. Gutowski -- Creation of the "Foreign-Speaking Soldier sub-section" (FSS) -- FSS recruit training efforts at Camps Custer and Grant: January/February 1918 -- Restructuring plan canceled: an unexpected reversal of direction -- The "Camp Gordon plan": June 1918 -- FSS English education program -- Resurrection of the immigrant training program at other camps -- The 76th Division overseas: the St. Mihiel offensive -- The Meuse-Argonne offensive: phase one (September 26-October 3, 1918) -- Meuse-Argonne: second phase (October 4, 1918) -- Bois de fays: "woods of the fairies" (October 5, 1918) -- October 5-7, 1918: the death of a doughboy.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-3320
- ISBN
- 9781476675435
- 1476675430
- LCCN
- 2018053939
- OCLC
- 1076408625
- Author
- Connole, Dennis A., 1943- author.
- Title
- America's "foreign legion" : immigrant soldiers in the Great War / Dennis A. Connole.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1918
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-3320