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Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI

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Read by John Greenman · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Foreword (3:44)
Just Thinkin’—Hudson Hawley, Pvt., M.G. Bn. (2:13)
To the Kid Sister—J. T. W., Pvt., A.S. (1:34)
Corp’ral’s Chevrons (0:54)
You’re Not a Fan, Pierrette—S. H. C. (2:15)
My Sweetheart—Frank C. McCarthy, Sgt., A.S. (0:53)
Dad’s Letters (1:34)
Mlle. Soixante-Quinze—J. M. H., F.A. (2:58)
Home Is Where the Pie Is (1:32)
How it Works Out—Tyler H. Bliss, Corp., Inf. (2:23)
Faith (0:49)
The Orphans of France—Franklin P. Adams, Capt., U. S. A.; Stuart H. Carroll, Sgt., Q.M.C. (1:32)
Reveille—Ray L. Huff, Pvt., M.D. (1:15)
Full Directions—Daniel Turner Balmer, A.S. (1:20)
On Learning French—Alfred J. Fritchey, Camp Hospital 30 (1:07)
“Who Said Sunny France?”—Jack Warren Carrol, Corp., F.A. (2:31)
The Truant—R. R. Kirk, Pvt., G2, S.O.S. (1:23)
Tribute—F. M. H. D., F.A. (2:05)
Sea Stuff—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P. (1:31)
Letters—Mel Ryder, Sgt. Major, Inf. (1:24)
Soldier Smiles—Allen A. Stockdale, Capt., U.S.A. (2:02)
Beefing—H. H. Huss, Sgt., Inf. (1:42)
The Tank—Richard C. Colburn, Sgt., Tank Corps (2:57)
The New Army—R. R. Kirk, S.S.U. (0:49)
Toujours Le Même—Vance C. Criss, Corp., Engrs. (1:42)
To the West Wind—William S. Long, Corp., A.S. (1:04)
The Driver—F. M. H. D., F.A. (2:29)
Song of the Censor Man—John Fletcher Hall, Sgt., Inf., Acting Chaplain (1:54)
Do You Know this Guy?—Frank Eisenberg, Pvt., Tel. Bn. (1:51)
Camouflage—M. G. (1:45)
Trench Mud—John J. Curtin, Sgt., Inf. (1:37)
I Love Corned Beef—A. P. B. (3:15)
A Chaplain’s Prayer—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain (0:53)
Billets (3:48)
The Mule Skinners—William Bradford, 2nd Lt., A.G.D. (2:08)
The Old Overseas Cap—Fairfax D. Downey, 1st Lt., F.A. (1:37)
Hoggin’ It—Med. Mique (2:16)
The Man—H. T. S. (1:00)
Song of the Guns—Grantland Rice, 1st Lt., F.A. (1:55)
Through the Wheat (The Sergeant's Story) (2:10)
Allies—Merritt Y. Hughes, Pvt., Inf. (1:38)
To Buddy—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf. (1:29)
The Wood Called Rouge-Bouquet—Joyce Kilmer, Sgt., Inf. Killed in action, July 30, 1918 (3:23)
Good-bye (1:54)
The Fields of the Marne—Frank Carbaugh, Sgt., Inf. (Written while lying wounded in hospital; died, August, 1918) (1:36)
A Nurse’s Prayer—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain (0:59)
Lines on Leaving a Little Town Where We Rested—Russell Lord, Corp., F.A. (0:59)
Poppies—Joseph Mills Hanson, Capt., F.A. (2:02)
Poilu—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P. (2:20)
As Things Are (1:01)
The Girl of Girls—Howard A. Herty, Corp., 1st Army Hq. (1:55)
The Little Dreams—Joseph Mills Hanson, Capt., F.A. (4:13)
The R.T.O.—A. P. Bowen, Sgt., R.T.O. (2:03)
The Machine Gun—Albert Jay Cook, Corp., M.G. Bn (1:48)
Our Dead (0:44)
Everybody’s Friend—Frederick W. Kurth, Sgt., M.T.D. (2:12)
The Stevedore—C. C. Shanfelter, Sgt., S.C. (2:24)
Black and White—Harv. (1:51)
The Ol’ Campaign Hat (2:04)
When the General Came to Town—Vance C. Criss, Corp., Engrs. (2:40)
Seicheprey—J. M. H. (1:07)
Before a Drive—Charles Lyn Fox, Inf. (1:58)
Private Jones, A. E. F.—William I. Engle, Pvt., Inf. (2:04)
“Hommes 40, Chevaux 8” (2:09)
The Bugler—Lin Davies, Pvt. (1:17)
The Return of the Refugees—Frederick W. Kurth, Sgt., M.T.D. (1:48)
As the Trucks Go Rollin’ By—L. W. Suckert, 1st Lt., A.S. (2:44)
Gettin’ Letters—E. C. D., Field Hospital (1:58)
To the Children of France—R. R. Kirk, Pvt., G2, S.O.S. (0:52)
Then We’ll Come Back to You—Howard H. Herty, Corp., 1st Army Hq. Reg. (1:33)
To a Doughboy (1:58)
Lil’ Pal O’ Mine—E.S.E. (1:09)
Perfect Contrition—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain (0:46)
When Private Mugrums Parlay Voos—Charles Divine, Pvt. (2:16)
If I Were a Cootie—A. P. Bowen, Sgt., R.T.O. (1:56)
The Lily—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf. (0:59)
Me,—An’ War Goin’ On!—John Palmer Cumming, Inf. (3:22)
The Road to Montfaucon—Harold Riezelman, 1st Lt., C.W.S. (1:21)
Vestal Star—Fra Guido, F.A. (0:57)
The Doughboy Promises—Arthur McKeogh, Lt., Inf. (2:09)
Old Lady Rumor—C. H. MacCoy, Base Hosp. 38 (1:09)
The Lost Towns—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P. (1:16)
Der Tag—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf. (1:54)
There’s About Two Million Fellows—Albert J. Cook, Sgt., Hq. Detch.,—Army Corps (3:09)
November Eleventh—Hilmar R. Baukhage, Pvt., A.E.F. (1:33)