A Machine-Gunner in France: The Memoirs of Ward Schrantz, 35th Division, 1917-1919 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title A Machine-Gunner in France: The Memoirs of Ward Schrantz, 35th Division, 1917-1919
  • Series Title North Texas military biography and memoir series
  • Added Title Number 16 in the North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series

Creator

  • Author: Schrantz, Ward L.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Editor: Patrick, Jeffrey L.
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas Press
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: Web: http://untpress.unt.edu/

Date

  • Creation: 2019-04

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This is the WWI memoir of Ward Schrantz, a National Guard officer and machine gun company commander in the Kansas-Missouri 35th Division. He extensively documents his experiences and those of his men, from training at Camp Doniphan to their voyage across the Atlantic, and to their time in the trenches in France’s Vosges Mountains and ultimately to their return home. He devotes much of his memoir to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, in which the 35th Division suffered heavy casualties and made only moderate gains before being replaced by fresh troops. Schrantz also describes the daily life of a soldier, including living conditions, relations between officers and enlisted men, and the horrific experience of combat. Editor Jeffrey Patrick combines his narrative with excerpts from a detailed history of the unit that Schrantz wrote for his local newspaper, and also provides an editor’s introduction and annotations.
  • Physical Description: viii, 525 p. : ill.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1914—1918—Campaigns—France.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1914–1918—Regimental histories—United States.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1914–1918—Personal narratives, American
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Soldiers—United States—20th century—Biography.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States. Army. Division, 35th—History.
  • Keyword: History - Military
  • Keyword: World War I
  • Keyword: memoir
  • NMC Chenhalls: Schrantz, Ward L., 1890–1958

Coverage

  • Place Name: France
  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: University of North Texas Press
    Code: UNTP

Institution

  • Name: UNT Press
    Code: UNTP

Rights

  • Rights Access: unt
  • Rights Holder: Patrick, Jeffrey L.
  • Rights Statement: All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Book

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • ISBN: 9781574417531
  • ISBN: 9781574417616
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 2018052342
  • Call Number: D570.3 35th .S37 2019
  • OCLC: 1065736690
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1506240
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