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The Doughboys were the American soldiers who entered the Great War in the last year of the conflict; and of their number the Marine Corps were the absolute elite. The author of this episodic but vivid series of sketches John W. Thomason was a Captain in the Corps descended from a distinguished Southern military family. A natural writer his colloquial account follows the Marines through France giving an account of their most famous- and bloodiest - actions including the Argonne Forest Belleau Wood Chateau Thierry Mont Blanc and St Mihiel. As well as the fighting itself Thomason is good on off-duty anecdotes. First-hand American accounts of the Great War are rare. This is one of the best. It is profusely illustrated by the author's own excellent drawings