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The World War I diary of José de la Luz Sáenz / edited and with an introduction by Emilio Zamora ; translated by Emilio Zamora with Ben Maya.

Author/creator Sáenz, José de la Luz, 1888-1953
Other author/creatorZamora, Emilio.
Other author/creatorMaya, Ben, -2012.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoCollege Station, Texas : Texas A&M University Press, [2014]
Descriptionviii, 513 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
Subject(s)
Uniform titleMéxico-americanos en la Gran Guerra. English
Series C.A. Brannen series ; number thirteen
C.A. Brannen series ; no. 13. ^A375727
Contents Prologue -- My personal diary -- Reporting at New Braunfels -- The brigade station -- Camp Travis -- France -- How Carrejo and four others died -- A horrible night in "no man's land" -- Toul, Choloy, and Rampondt -- Moving across the rubble of the battlefield to reach the enemy and occupy the line of fire: Montfaucon and Dead Man's Hill -- Days and nights in a foxhole in Romagne -- How we destroyed Hindenburg's impregnable trenches -- Simón González and others -- Hipólito Jasso receives a shrapnel wound -- Dark night, cold night, horrible night in Villers-devant-Dun -- Armistice day -- Memorable march from Pont-Sassy, France -- Memories of the European War, our last campaign, five days and nights -- Thanksgiving and then to Germany -- In Zeltingen, Alemania, by the Moselle -- Mexican Americans attend school -- The Texans and Oklahomans: an occasion for drawing on a postcard -- Prodding that produces favorable results -- Article of War no. 105 and 2,175 bottles of champagne -- A portrait of Zeltingen -- On the last cattle train and cars 40 and 8 -- The Mongolia, American steamship -- How Boston receives us -- Demobilizing the 90th Division -- Epilogue: the voice of a claim that demands justice -- To the memory of the Mexican American heroes who died in the Great World War defending the democratic principles of the American Union -- List of honor -- Notes.
General noteTranslation of: Los méxico-americanos en la Gran Guerra: y su contingente en pró de la democracia, la humanidad y la justicia, first published in original Spanish in San Antonio by Artes Gráficas, 1933.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013035951
ISBN9781623491130 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781623491147 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781623491512 (e-book)

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