"And they thought we wouldn't fight"
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"AND THEY THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T FIGHT"
BY
FLOYD GIBBONS
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING
THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS INADEQUATE RECORD IN REVERENT MEMORY OF OUR SACRED DEAD ON FIELDS IN FRANCE
I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS INADEQUATE RECORD IN REVERENT MEMORY OF OUR SACRED DEAD ON FIELDS IN FRANCE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
"AND THEY THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T FIGHT"
CHAPTER I
THE SINKING OF THE Laconia
CHAPTER II
PERSHING'S ARRIVAL IN EUROPE
CHAPTER III
THE LANDING OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CONTINGENT IN FRANCE
CHAPTER IV
THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF WAR
CHAPTER V
MAKING THE MEN WHO MAN THE GUNS
CHAPTER VI
"FRONTWARD HO!"
CHAPTER VII
INTO THE LINE—THE FIRST AMERICAN SHOT IN THE WAR
CHAPTER VIII
THE FIRST AMERICAN SECTOR
CHAPTER IX
THE NIGHT OUR GUNS CUT LOOSE
CHAPTER X
INTO PICARDY TO MEET THE GERMAN PUSH
CHAPTER XI
UNDER FIRE
CHAPTER XII
BEFORE CANTIGNY
CHAPTER XIII
THE RUSH OF THE RAIDERS—"ZERO AT 2 A. M."
CHAPTER XIV
ON LEAVE IN PARIS
CHAPTER XV
CHÂTEAU-THIERRY AND THE BOIS DE BELLEAU
CHAPTER XVI
WOUNDED—HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHOT
CHAPTER XVII
"GOOD MORNING, NURSE"
CHAPTER XVIII
GROANS, LAUGHS AND SOBS IN THE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER XIX
"JULY 18TH"—THE TURN OF THE TIDE
CHAPTER XX
THE DAWN OF VICTORY
APPENDIX
PERSONNEL OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE
1ST ARMY CORPS
2ND ARMY CORPS
3D ARMY CORPS
4TH ARMY CORPS
5TH ARMY CORPS
UNASSIGNED TO CORPS
1ST ARMY CORPS
2ND ARMY CORPS
3D ARMY CORPS
4TH ARMY CORPS
5TH ARMY CORPS
UNASSIGNED TO CORPS
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