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

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 26, 2024

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

Authors: Various In Year : 1919

Book Language: English

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Foreword
Just Thinkin’—Hudson Hawley, Pvt., M.G. Bn.
To the Kid Sister—J. T. W., Pvt., A.S.
Corp’ral’s Chevrons
You’re Not a Fan, Pierrette—S. H. C.
My Sweetheart—Frank C. McCarthy, Sgt., A.S.
Dad’s Letters
Mlle. Soixante-Quinze—J. M. H., F.A.
Home Is Where the Pie Is
How it Works Out—Tyler H. Bliss, Corp., Inf.
Faith
The Orphans of France—Franklin P. Adams, Capt., U. S. A.; Stuart H. Carroll, Sgt., Q.M.C.
Reveille—Ray L. Huff, Pvt., M.D.
Full Directions—Daniel Turner Balmer, A.S.
On Learning French—Alfred J. Fritchey, Camp Hospital 30
“Who Said Sunny France?”—Jack Warren Carrol, Corp., F.A.
The Truant—R. R. Kirk, Pvt., G2, S.O.S.
Tribute—F. M. H. D., F.A.
Sea Stuff—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P.
Letters—Mel Ryder, Sgt. Major, Inf.
Soldier Smiles—Allen A. Stockdale, Capt., U.S.A.
Beefing—H. H. Huss, Sgt., Inf.
The Tank—Richard C. Colburn, Sgt., Tank Corps
The New Army—R. R. Kirk, S.S.U.
Toujours Le Même—Vance C. Criss, Corp., Engrs.
To the West Wind—William S. Long, Corp., A.S.
The Driver—F. M. H. D., F.A.
Song of the Censor Man—John Fletcher Hall, Sgt., Inf., Acting Chaplain
Do You Know this Guy?—Frank Eisenberg, Pvt., Tel. Bn.
Camouflage—M. G.
Trench Mud—John J. Curtin, Sgt., Inf.
I Love Corned Beef—A. P. B.
A Chaplain’s Prayer—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain
Billets
The Mule Skinners—William Bradford, 2nd Lt., A.G.D.
The Old Overseas Cap—Fairfax D. Downey, 1st Lt., F.A.
Hoggin’ It—Med. Mique
The Man—H. T. S.
Song of the Guns—Grantland Rice, 1st Lt., F.A.
Through the Wheat (The Sergeant's Story)
Allies—Merritt Y. Hughes, Pvt., Inf.
To Buddy—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.
The Wood Called Rouge-Bouquet—Joyce Kilmer, Sgt., Inf. Killed in action, July 30, 1918
Good-bye
The Fields of the Marne—Frank Carbaugh, Sgt., Inf. (Written while lying wounded in hospital; died, August, 1918)
A Nurse’s Prayer—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain
Lines on Leaving a Little Town Where We Rested—Russell Lord, Corp., F.A.
Poppies—Joseph Mills Hanson, Capt., F.A.
Poilu—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P.
As Things Are
The Girl of Girls—Howard A. Herty, Corp., 1st Army Hq.
The Little Dreams—Joseph Mills Hanson, Capt., F.A.
The R.T.O.—A. P. Bowen, Sgt., R.T.O.
The Machine Gun—Albert Jay Cook, Corp., M.G. Bn
Our Dead
Everybody’s Friend—Frederick W. Kurth, Sgt., M.T.D.
The Stevedore—C. C. Shanfelter, Sgt., S.C.
Black and White—Harv.
The Ol’ Campaign Hat
When the General Came to Town—Vance C. Criss, Corp., Engrs.
Seicheprey—J. M. H.
Before a Drive—Charles Lyn Fox, Inf.
Private Jones, A. E. F.—William I. Engle, Pvt., Inf.
“Hommes 40, Chevaux 8”
The Bugler—Lin Davies, Pvt.
The Return of the Refugees—Frederick W. Kurth, Sgt., M.T.D.
As the Trucks Go Rollin’ By—L. W. Suckert, 1st Lt., A.S.
Gettin’ Letters—E. C. D., Field Hospital
To the Children of France—R. R. Kirk, Pvt., G2, S.O.S.
Then We’ll Come Back to You—Howard H. Herty, Corp., 1st Army Hq. Reg.
To a Doughboy
Lil’ Pal O’ Mine—E.S.E.
Perfect Contrition—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain
When Private Mugrums Parlay Voos—Charles Divine, Pvt.
If I Were a Cootie—A. P. Bowen, Sgt., R.T.O.
The Lily—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.
Me,—An’ War Goin’ On!—John Palmer Cumming, Inf.
The Road to Montfaucon—Harold Riezelman, 1st Lt., C.W.S.
Vestal Star—Fra Guido, F.A.
The Doughboy Promises—Arthur McKeogh, Lt., Inf.
Old Lady Rumor—C. H. MacCoy, Base Hosp. 38
The Lost Towns—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P.
Der Tag—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.
There’s About Two Million Fellows—Albert J. Cook, Sgt., Hq. Detch.,—Army Corps
November Eleventh—Hilmar R. Baukhage, Pvt., A.E.F.

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