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v Contents List of Illustrations vi List of Maps and Tables vii Acknowledgments viii Introduction ix Chapter 1 Recruiting the 7th Texas Infantry 1 Chapter 2 A Portrait of the 7th Texas Infantry 33 Chapter 3 Camp Bowie and France 47 Chapter 4 “Fit to Get Down to Serious Business” 77 Chapter 5 The Western Front, October 6–13, 1918 99 Chapter 6 The Western Front, October 13–30, 1918 125 Chapter 7 “Bad Enough at the Best” 137 Chapter 8 Coming Home and the War’s Legacy 155 Notes 191 Bibliography 220 Index 229 ...

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