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Doughboy's Diary by C. Earl Baker β€” book cover

Doughboy's Diary

by C. Earl Baker
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Overview

Corporal Chester Earl Baker joined the National Guard along with relatives and friends for adventure. Corporal Baker, unofficial mother hen to Company F, tells a fascinating, sometimes hilarious, sometimes tender, and often heartrending tale of the year the men of Company F spent in France, before and after the Armistice.

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Baker and some friends joined the National Guard for adventure, then in 1916 found themselves swept into World War I. His diary of the year they spend in France before and after the Armistice tells how Company F fought lice and dysentery, mutilation and death, shell shock and homesickness. Overall it documents the transformation from quixotic boys to hardened soldiers. Not annotated. Includes a nice gallery of photographs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Details

Published
June 1, 1998
Publisher
Burd Street Pr
Pages
138
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781572491007

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