A Rainbow Division Lieutenant in France

<p> Lieutenant John Huddleston Taber was a New Yorker assigned to the 168th Third Iowa Infantry Regiment of the American Expeditionary Force's 42nd Rainbow Division during World War I. His diary provides a detailed narrative of a young officer maturing through his war experiences from the voyage across the submarine filled Atlantic to training in France to front line combat. In a clear unaffected voice Taber records his dealings with superiors and enlisted men billets in French and German towns life in the trenches intense shelling machine gun fire gas warfare leaves to Paris the occupation of Germany and his return to New York.</p>