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Author Harris, Stephen L

Title Duffy's war : Fr. Francis Duffy, Wild Bill Donovan, and the Irish fighting 69th in World War I / Stephen L. Harris
Edition 1st ed
Published Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 435 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Prologue : "The war was the making of me" -- "Give me a man's job" -- "Shall we fight for England?" -- "Rainbow--there's the name for the division" -- "Did you ever go into an Irishman's shanty?" -- "Good-bye Broadway, hello France!" -- "It's a huge regiment now" -- "The people I like best are the Wild Irish" -- "A willing, bright, strong, clean lot" -- "Not a gloomy man in town" -- "Most pitiful and unsightly bunch of men I have ever seen" -- "We are all volunteers in this war" -- "In the wood they call the rouge bouquet" -- "Quiet sectors are not necessarily quiet" -- "From a Canny Scot to a Bold Irishman" -- It will be a happy day" -- "The last joy ride any of us'll ever get" -- "All you want now is guts and bayonets!" -- "I guess I have been born to be hanged" -- "We sure hated to see him get killed" -- "I have been very happy in command of the regiment" -- "Not a fight, but a promenade" -- "Over the river a thousand yawning dead" -- "You expected to have the pleasure of burying me" -- "We looked down from the last crest above Sedan" -- Epilogue : "We want him. We need him. He has earned it."
Summary The legendary "Fighting 69th" took part in five major engagements during World War I. This highly decorated unit was inspired by its chaplain, the famous Father Francis Duffy and commanded by "Wild Bill" Donovan. This book recounts in detail the full story of this famous outfit in World War I. The author illustrates the fascinating histories of early twentieth-century New York City and the Irish experience in America.--[book jacket]
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-421) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Duffy, Francis Patrick, 1871-1932.
Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959.
SUBJECT Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959
Duffy, Francis Patrick, 1871-1932
Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959 fast
Duffy, Francis Patrick, 1871-1932 fast
Subject New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 69th -- History
SUBJECT New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 69th fast
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Irish American
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
Irish American soldiers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
Military chaplains -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
Irish American soldiers
Military campaigns
Military chaplains
Military participation -- Irish American
France
New York (State) -- New York
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Biographies
History
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006004222
ISBN 9781597973380
1597973386