On the Western Front
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Excerpt from On the Western Front: German Cruelties in France and Belgium In writing these pages, I have aimed to place the truth and that alone; therefore, I am writing the true chronological record of the Fifth U. S. A. Evacuation Hospital, from its formative period, November 18th and 19th, 1917, at the U. S. Government Medical Training Camp, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., up to the closing scenes of this medical unit, and the mustering out of its personnel, at several camps, including Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y.; Camp Dix, New Jersey; Camp Devens, Massachusetts; Camp Sherman, Ohio, and several other Western camps. First of all, those who are interested in the world´s greatest war, will find food for thought; but - you will not find any fiction. This, I endeavored to avoid. I aim to make these lines so they will be interesting to all. First of all, we are non-combating troops. We did not return to America, the greatest nation of the world, with framed-up stories. "How we went over the top." Position At The Front. We were compelled to take a position at the front ("In the War Zone") about four miles from the firing line. Those who have only a vague idea of distance may say it was far enough back, but for the benefit of those who entertain this thought, should have been with us at Sery-Magneval, near Crepy, France, Chateau-Thierry and Villers-Cotterets, and Soissons (Swi-Sawn) front. At these places, the German night air raiders hovered like a vulture (after prey) over us and dropped plenty of big bombs every favorable night ("When it wasn´t raining"; they could not see well to fly when raining). The bombing periods usually lasted from fifteen minutes to half an hour. Enemy aeroplanes, bombing machines, appeared all hours of the night, and made it very uncomfortable for us. However, we grew hardened to the horrible sound of the Hun motor ("like a huge bee"). After a short time at the front, the sound of the Hun motor meant only a warning to us. It was the bombs they dropped that counted. While we were on several different fronts in France, from what we learned while operating in "No Man´s Land" in Belgium, we were the only Evacuation Hospital on the Belgium Front in West Flanders. We were in active service, located at the "Blown Down Town" of Staden, Belgium, when the armistice was granted; firing ceased by the American batteries at 11 o´clock p. m. French time (five hours´ difference in U. S. time), 6 o´clock Washington time. I have written this book chiefly for an "After the war livelihood." In addition to the chronological record of the Fifth Evacuation Hospital under canvas, you will also find a chronological record of the world´s greatest war, which you will find not only interesting, but educational. You will find things of a personal character within the book, but you will find them interesting. I have taken them from my journal or diary of events that happened to me and objects that I saw, and of characters that I conversed with from time to time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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