The World War I Diary of José de la Luz Sáenz

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Contents List of Illustrations ix “For Democracy, Humanity, and Justice” Introduction, by Emilio Zamora 1 The 360th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division 21 mexican Americans in the Great War, by J. Luz Sáenz 23 Preface 25 Prologue 29 my Personal Diary 37 Reporting at New Braunfels 39 The Brigade Station 48 Camp Travis 65 France 139 How Carrejo and Four Others Died 207 A Horrible Night in “No Man’s Land” 217 Toul, Choloy, and Rampondt 231 Moving across the Rubble of the Battlefield to Reach the Enemy and Occupy the Line of Fire: Montfaucon and Dead Man’s Hill 241 Five Days and Nights in a Foxhole in Romagne 246 How We Destroyed Hindenburg’s Impregnable Trenches 256 Simón González and Others 263 Hipólito Jasso Receives a Shrapnel Wound 267 Dark Night, Cold Night, Horrible Night in Villers-devant-Dun 273 Armistice Day 284 Memorable March from Pont-Sassy, France 294 Memories of the European War, Our Last Campaign, Five Days and Nights 302 Thanksgiving and Then to Germany 308 Contents In Zeltingen, Alemania, by the Moselle 339 Mexican Americans Attend School 342 The Texans and Oklahomans: An Occasion for Drawing on a Postcard 394 Prodding That Produces Favorable Results 400 Article of War No. 105 and 2,175 Bottles of Champagne 416 A Portrait of Zeltingen 434 On the Last Cattle Train and Cars 40 and 8 437 The Mongolia, American Steamship 444 How Boston Receives Us 451 Demobilizing the 90th Division 462 Epilogue: The Voice of a Claim That Demands Justice 469 To the Memory of the Mexican American Heroes Who Died in the Great World War Defending the Democratic Principles of the American Union 471 List of Honor 473 notes 477 Index 501 viii ...