Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI

by Various

War & Military Essays & Short Works Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)Memoirs Modern (20th C)Short non-fiction

85 chapters2h 36mEnglish1919

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Introduced by Stars and Stripes editor, John T. Winterich (1891-1970) this is a compilation of poetry by members of the American Expeditionary Forces in the last 9 months of WWI and the first 7 months of peace after the war. - Summary by John Greenman

Chapters (84)

1Just Thinkin’—Hudson Hawley, Pvt., M.G. Bn.

133

2To the Kid Sister—J. T. W., Pvt., A.S.

3Corp’ral’s Chevrons

4You’re Not a Fan, Pierrette—S. H. C.

135

5My Sweetheart—Frank C. McCarthy, Sgt., A.S.

6Dad’s Letters

7Mlle. Soixante-Quinze—J. M. H., F.A.

178

8Home Is Where the Pie Is

9How it Works Out—Tyler H. Bliss, Corp., Inf.

143

10Faith

11The Orphans of France—Franklin P. Adams, Capt., U. S. A.; Stuart H. Carroll, Sgt., Q.M.C.

12Reveille—Ray L. Huff, Pvt., M.D.

13Full Directions—Daniel Turner Balmer, A.S.

14On Learning French—Alfred J. Fritchey, Camp Hospital 30

15“Who Said Sunny France?”—Jack Warren Carrol, Corp., F.A.

151

16The Truant—R. R. Kirk, Pvt., G2, S.O.S.

17Tribute—F. M. H. D., F.A.

125

18Sea Stuff—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P.

19Letters—Mel Ryder, Sgt. Major, Inf.

20Soldier Smiles—Allen A. Stockdale, Capt., U.S.A.

122

21Beefing—H. H. Huss, Sgt., Inf.

102

22The Tank—Richard C. Colburn, Sgt., Tank Corps

177

23The New Army—R. R. Kirk, S.S.U.

24Toujours Le Même—Vance C. Criss, Corp., Engrs.

102

25To the West Wind—William S. Long, Corp., A.S.

26The Driver—F. M. H. D., F.A.

149

27Song of the Censor Man—John Fletcher Hall, Sgt., Inf., Acting Chaplain

114

28Do You Know this Guy?—Frank Eisenberg, Pvt., Tel. Bn.

111

29Camouflage—M. G.

105

30Trench Mud—John J. Curtin, Sgt., Inf.

31I Love Corned Beef—A. P. B.

195

32A Chaplain’s Prayer—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain

33Billets

228

34The Mule Skinners—William Bradford, 2nd Lt., A.G.D.

128

35The Old Overseas Cap—Fairfax D. Downey, 1st Lt., F.A.

36Hoggin’ It—Med. Mique

136

37The Man—H. T. S.

38Song of the Guns—Grantland Rice, 1st Lt., F.A.

115

39Through the Wheat (The Sergeant's Story)

130

40Allies—Merritt Y. Hughes, Pvt., Inf.

41To Buddy—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.

42The Wood Called Rouge-Bouquet—Joyce Kilmer, Sgt., Inf. Killed in action, July 30, 1918

203

43Good-bye

114

44The Fields of the Marne—Frank Carbaugh, Sgt., Inf. (Written while lying wounded in hospital; died, August, 1918)

45A Nurse’s Prayer—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain

46Lines on Leaving a Little Town Where We Rested—Russell Lord, Corp., F.A.

47Poppies—Joseph Mills Hanson, Capt., F.A.

122

48Poilu—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P.

140

49As Things Are

50The Girl of Girls—Howard A. Herty, Corp., 1st Army Hq.

115

51The Little Dreams—Joseph Mills Hanson, Capt., F.A.

253

52The R.T.O.—A. P. Bowen, Sgt., R.T.O.

123

53The Machine Gun—Albert Jay Cook, Corp., M.G. Bn

108

54Our Dead

55Everybody’s Friend—Frederick W. Kurth, Sgt., M.T.D.

132

56The Stevedore—C. C. Shanfelter, Sgt., S.C.

144

57Black and White—Harv.

111

58The Ol’ Campaign Hat

124

59When the General Came to Town—Vance C. Criss, Corp., Engrs.

160

60Seicheprey—J. M. H.

61Before a Drive—Charles Lyn Fox, Inf.

118

62Private Jones, A. E. F.—William I. Engle, Pvt., Inf.

124

63“Hommes 40, Chevaux 8”

129

64The Bugler—Lin Davies, Pvt.

65The Return of the Refugees—Frederick W. Kurth, Sgt., M.T.D.

108

66As the Trucks Go Rollin’ By—L. W. Suckert, 1st Lt., A.S.

164

67Gettin’ Letters—E. C. D., Field Hospital

118

68To the Children of France—R. R. Kirk, Pvt., G2, S.O.S.

69Then We’ll Come Back to You—Howard H. Herty, Corp., 1st Army Hq. Reg.

70To a Doughboy

118

71Lil’ Pal O’ Mine—E.S.E.

72Perfect Contrition—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain

73When Private Mugrums Parlay Voos—Charles Divine, Pvt.

136

74If I Were a Cootie—A. P. Bowen, Sgt., R.T.O.

116

75The Lily—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.

76Me,—An’ War Goin’ On!—John Palmer Cumming, Inf.

202

77The Road to Montfaucon—Harold Riezelman, 1st Lt., C.W.S.

78Vestal Star—Fra Guido, F.A.

79The Doughboy Promises—Arthur McKeogh, Lt., Inf.

129

80Old Lady Rumor—C. H. MacCoy, Base Hosp. 38

81The Lost Towns—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P.

82Der Tag—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.

114

83There’s About Two Million Fellows—Albert J. Cook, Sgt., Hq. Detch.,—Army Corps

189

84November Eleventh—Hilmar R. Baukhage, Pvt., A.E.F.

Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI

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