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PREFACE The basis of this work is my diary, written in Germany, during the American occupation of the Rhine. I had plenty of time on my hands and a good stenographer , so spent a little of this time each day in recording current events and saying what I thought about things going on around me. Upon my return to the United States I expanded the German notes into more readable form. More recently I have checked up on obvious errors of fact, made some changes in rhetoric, and supplemented the text by matter of a historical character not then in my possession. But in all matters of opinion , I have left the text as it was when we held these people at the point of the bayonet. The opinions we formed at that time are important because they were the basis of our action. Perhaps we should not fan the flames of old animosities, but I am not one of those who can regard war as a football game, after which the players get together for a good time. The scourge of The Great War took a heavy toll of dead and touched every living person. The least the survivors can do is to fight on for the principles involved. What those principles were I shall not attempt to say, but God has willed that man shall fight for what he believes is right, and we Americans might as well keep in mind what we were fighting for. johnson hagood Omaha, Nebraska. March 1st, 1931. ...

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