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Title: In the Flash Ranging Service
Observations of an American Soldier During His Service
With the A.E.F. in France

Author: Edward Alva Trueblood

Release Date: July 27, 2008 [EBook #26138]

Language: English

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[Illustration: PRIVATE EDWARD ALVA TRUEBLOOD]

_Observations of an American Soldier During
His Service With the A. E. F. in France_

In the
Flash Ranging
Service

_by_

_Private Edward Alva Trueblood_

[Illustration]

Press of
THE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY
Sacramento, California
1919

[Illustration]

"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to
the Republic for which it stands--
one nation, indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all."

This book is a record of the personal
observations of a private soldier in the Flash
Ranging Service of the American Expeditionary
Forces in France. It not only relates his
experiences while in France, but also tells of
going over and returning. In brief, it is a
soldier's story from th