The World War I memoirs of Robert P. Patterson
Subtitle: a captain in the Great War
By: edited by J. Garry Clifford
Contributors: Clifford, J. Garry (John Garry), 1942-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Legacies of war
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9781572338470
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; Campaigns; American Personal narratives; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 77th; Soldiers; United States; Biography
Description: These memoirs of Robert P. Patterson written in the years following the end of the conflict describe what it was like to be an infantry line officer during the Great War. Patterson describes just how raw and unprepared American soldiers were for the battles on the Western Front during World War I. This book recalls Patterson's formative military experiences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Plattsburg; title: Camp Upton; title: The ocean and England; title: With the British in Flanders; title: The Baccarat Sector; title: The Vesle Sector; title: The Aisne; title: The Argonne; title: After the Armistice; title: Infantry equipment and tactics.