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Pvt. Fischman of New Haven, said that he was impressed "that a man, when going 'over the top' is temporarily insane." He served as a prisoner of war for seven months.
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Pvt. Fischman of New Haven, said that he was impressed "that a man, when going 'over the top' is temporarily insane." He served as a prisoner of war for seven months.
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Mr. Flynn, who was born in New Haven, wrote in this questionnaire "that United States is a pretty good country to live in and my desire for the romance and glory of war is at an end."
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"It seemed in the national emergency that it was the duty of one to go as much as another and that the draft was the fairest determination both of the order in which we went to camp and of those entitled to exemption from service."
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After I got out of the hospital, I toured the leave areas and camps with a show known as the “Whiz Bangs.”
From her citation: "She remained at her post and continued caring for the wounded during a violent bombardment of the hospital of BUSSY-le-CHATEAU (France) the 15-15-17 and 18th of July."
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I was anxious to go. Wanted to see what war was like (and did). I would have been ashamed to have been drafted. I saw the need and didn’t believe in waiting for a “personal invitation.”
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Killed in the Battle of the Marne, Cristobal's fiancee completed the questionnaire, which included an exchange of correspondence with Goddard, as well as a detailed epilogue.
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"I did not expect a picnic and it was what I looked for. The glory of war is all on canvas, but I therefore do not jump to the conclusion that there are not worse evils which only war can overcome."
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"Sherman was more than right, but then he didn’t have so much need; and such large rats to contend with."