World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
1 LT. EINAR H. GAUSTED wounded
2 LT. GEORGE JACKSON killed May 28, '18
3 CAPT. AMIEL FREY " " 27, '18
4 LT. GROVER P. CATHER " " 28, '18
5 LT. CHARLES H. WEAVER wounded
6 LT. WESLEY FREML killed June 29, '18
7 LT. JAMES M. BARRETT gassed
8 LT. ROLAND W. ESTEY
9 MAJOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT wounded
10 LT. B. VANN
11 LT. GEORGE P. GUSTAFSON killed June 6, '18
12 LT. TUVE J. FLODEN wounded
13 LT. REXIE E. GILLIAM wounded
14 LT. JOHN P. GAINES wounded
15 LT. LEWIS TILLMAN
16 LT. PERCY E. LE STOURGEON wounded
17 LT. BROWN LEWIS wounded
18 CAPT. HAMILTON K. FOSTER killed Oct. 2, '18
19 LT. PAUL R. CARUTHERS wounded
20 LT. M. MORRIS ANDREWS
21 LT. WILLIAM C. DABNEY wounded
22 LT. DONALD H. GRANT
23 CAPT. E. D. MORGAN
24 LT. DENNIS H. SHILLEN wounded
25 LT. HARRY DILLON killed Oct. 4, '18
26 LT. CHARLES RIDGELY
27 LT. JOSEPH P. CARD
28 LT. STEWART A. BAXTER wounded
29 LT. THOMAS D. AMORY killed Oct. 3, '18
30 LT. THOMAS B. CORNELI
[Illustration: A GROUP OF OFFICERS OF THE 1ST BATTALION, 26TH INFANTRY
Haudivillers. April, 1917]
Arnold looked at him in a weary way, shook his head sadly and remarked
to the officer beside him, "We have only ourselves to blame for it."
Indeed, we were to blame for conditions, and such of us as were
fortunate enough to see service in Europe had the sins of our
unpreparedness brought before us in the most glaring light.
Just how much training and experience were of value was everywhere
evident. In my opinion, all divisions sent over by this country were
approximately equal in intelligence and courage. There was, however, the
greatest difference between the veteran divisions and those which had
just arrived. Each division, after being given the same amount of
training and fighting, would show up much the same, but put a division
which had been fighting for six months alongside of one that had just
arrived, and in every detail you could see the difference. The men of
the newly arrived division were as courageous as the men of the old
division. Their intelligence was as good, but they did not know the
small things which come only with training and experience, and which, in
a close battle, make the difference between victory and defeat, the
difference between needless sacrifice and the sacrifice which brings
results.
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