A Year in the Life of a WWI Doughboy
Whatever you may have seen in the movies or read in books, sometimes the real story can be more compelling than any fictional account. In the archive files, there is a log by a former faculty at U of D, Herman Mayrose, telling the story of his life as a doughboy during the final years of World War I. It’s twelve pages long, but I thought I would post some of the some of the sections here for people to read.
It was all very fascinating, but one of the highlights is the day they learned that the war was OVER on November 11, 1918.
The last two pages of the log is a poem “Whiz-Bang” Hill, by John Flynn-Medical Detachment-129th Infantry, describing the sights and sounds of a fierce battle in France. The last stanza is a tribute to all those brave soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice.
