History Of The Twenty Ninth Division Blue And Gray 1917 1919 Prepared Pursuant To G O 2 Headquarters 29th Division A E F January 10th 1919 At The Request Of The Division Historical Committee PDF Download

Excerpt from History of the Twenty-Ninth Division, "Blue and Gray," 1917-1919: Prepared Pursuant to G. O. S. Headquarters 29th Division A. E. F. January 10th, 1919, at the Request of the Division Historical Committee Discipline in the division from the first was of the sternest kind. Officers and men alike were ruled with an iron hand, but I came to love them as a father loves his children. The division was composed of men from practically every state in the Union and represented all of the strains which have contributed to the greatness of our country - in a word, a cross section of the American republic. The sturdy independence and individualism so characteristic of the American youth had to be curbed in order that a fighting unit might be created. The task was to create and develop an organization, and in this deve' op ment the individual must Deeds subordinate his will and his freedom of action to the common good. 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.