"And they thought we wouldn't fight"

by Floyd Phillips Gibbons

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	THE SINKING OF THE Laconia	[17]
II	PERSHING'S ARRIVAL IN EUROPE	[43]
III	THE LANDING OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CONTINGENT IN FRANCE	[61]
IV	THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF WAR	[78]
V	MAKING THE MEN WHO MAN THE GUNS	[96]
VI	"FRONTWARD HO!"	[117]
VII	INTO THE LINE—THE FIRST AMERICAN SHOT IN THE WAR	[134]
VIII	THE FIRST AMERICAN SECTOR	[158]
IX	THE NIGHT OUR GUNS CUT LOOSE	[182]
X	INTO PICARDY TO MEET THE GERMAN PUSH	[199]
XI	UNDER FIRE	[217]
XII	BEFORE CANTIGNY	[235]
XIII	THE RUSH OF THE RAIDERS—"ZERO AT 2 A. M."	[251]
XIV	ON LEAVE IN PARIS	[266]
XV	CHÂTEAU-THIERRY AND THE BOIS DE BELLEAU	[283]
XVI	WOUNDED—HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHOT	[305]
XVII	"GOOD MORNING, NURSE"	[323]
XVIII	GROANS, LAUGHS AND SOBS IN THE HOSPITAL	[338]
XIX	"JULY 18TH"—THE TURN OF THE TIDE	[354]
XX	THE DAWN OF VICTORY	[376]
APPENDIX
	PERSONNEL OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE	[399]

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