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To hell with dignity!
Mr. Close describes trench duty in general, then more specifically describes how he and an officer become targets of German artillery as they are attempting to get their rum and chocolate rations from stores.
A day in the life
Mr. Close describes events at Amiens; seeing dead French soldiers, capturing a German artillery piece, and what he feels was a successful action.
There was a scream
Mr. Close describes action during the battle of Arras. Two flanking platoons are wiped out by artillery, a soldier speaking in his ear is shot through the mouth, and finally he describes leading 10 of 15 men to safety through a grain field at Parvillers, for which he receives the Military Medal.
I was only a punk kid
Mr. Butterworth describes being taught how to lift train rails by a soldier who’d been a wrestler.
All hell broke loose
Mr. Butterworth describes a raid at the M and N Line at Ypres, and the loss of a beloved sergeant.
Welcome to our home
Mr. Butterworth describes being treated kindly by a poor German farm family while he was a youth in Alberta, and how it affected his attitude toward German soldiers during the war.
18 Pounders on the front line
Mr. Wood describes the role of the 18 pounder artillery piece and its variety of ordnance, and then discusses the shelling of Vimy Ridge and its effect on the outcome.
The horses died
Mr. Wood discusses the valuable role played by horses, particularly for moving artillery pieces and for moving supplies forward and evacuating the wounded on the narrow gauge railways constructed at the Front.
The Ross rifle
Mr. Wood compares the Canadian designed Ross rifle, which was long, cumbersome and 5-shot bolt action, to the much more reliable 10-shot British Lee Enfield rifle. He describes how Canadians scavenged British rifles from dead soldiers.
Gas attacks
Mr. Wood describes the Germans’ use of pipelines to gas the Allied trenches, how the Canadians counteracted the gas, and in some cases how deadly it was.
The Americans
Mr. Wood describes the animosity between Canadian and American soldiers, based on the higher wages earned by U.S. soldiers inflating prices beyond what most Canadian troops could afford.
I flew into a shell hole
Mr. Vale describes being on cavalry patrol, being spotted by an observation balloon and being shelled with shrapnel bombs.
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