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Five Lieutenants: The Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in World War I

Five Lieutenants: The Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in World War I

Nelson, James Carl

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralWorld War I

ISBN10: 0312604238
ISBN13: 9780312604233
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages: 384
Language: English

James Carl Nelson tells the dramatic true story of five brilliant young soldiers from Harvard, a thrilling tale of combat and heroism

Five Lieutenants tells the story of five young Harvard men who took up the call to arms in the spring of 1917 and met differing fates in the maelstrom of battle on the Western Front in 1918. Delving deep into the motivations, horrific experiences, and ultimate fates of this Harvard-educated quintet and by extension of the brilliant young officer class that left its collegiate and post-collegiate pursuits to enlist in the Army and lead America's rough-and-ready doughboys Five Lieutenants presents a unique, timeless, and fascinating account of citizen soldiers at war, and of the price these extraordinary men paid while earnestly giving all they had in an effort to end the war to end all wars.

Drawing upon the subjects' intimate, eloquent, and uncensored letters and memoirs, this is a fascinating microcosm of the American experience in the First World War, and of the horrific experiences and hardships of the educated class of young men who were relied upon to lead doughboys in the trenches and, ultimately, in open battle.

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