Fighting the Great War
- ISBN-10
- 0674041399
- ISBN-13
- 9780674041394
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-06-30
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Michael S. Neiberg
Description
The parents of E. R. Heaton, the volunteer from 1914 shown on page 31, waited nine months to learn the location of his grave. This graves registration booklet provided information as to the grave's location and the nearest railway ...
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