Title: Guarding the border
First published: 2009
Description: "Ward Loren Schrantz, of Carthage, Missouri, entered the U.S. Army in 1912, during a time when the future of the horse cavalry was still being seriously debated. He left active military service in 1946, after the dropping of the atomic bomb. Not only did Schrantz serve capably during a time when the U.S. military was undergoing rapid technological and strategic transformation; as a journalist and attentive observer, he also left a vivid personal account of his time in the Army and Missouri National Guard. Now, editor Jeff Patrick has woven Schrantz's three undated versions of his memoir into a single narrative focused on the sparsely documented pre-World War I period from 1912 to 1917, thus helping to fill a significant gap in the existing literature." "Students, scholars, and others interested in military and borderlands history will find much to enjoy in Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of Ward Schrantz, 1912-1917."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Missouri. National Guard, Military life, Military History, United States, Personal narratives, American, American Personal narratives, History, Military, Missouri, Soldiers, United States. Army, Biography, History, United states, army, military life, United states, army, history, Soldiers, united states, Texas, biography, Mexican-american border region, Mexico, history, revolution, 1910-1920
Places: Mexican-American Border Region, Mexico, Missouri, Rio Grande Valley, Texas
People: Ward L. Schrantz
Time periods: 20th century, Revolution, 1910-1920
LC classification: F786 .S34 2009