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Title: "And they thought we wouldn't fight"

Author: Floyd Gibbons

Release Date: January 26, 2010 [EBook #31086]

Language: English

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"AND THEY THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T FIGHT"

FLOYD GIBBONS

[Illustration: FLOYD GIBBONS]

"AND THEY THOUGHT
WE WOULDN'T FIGHT"

BY

FLOYD GIBBONS

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENT OF _THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE_,
ACCREDITED TO THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES

NEW YORK

[Illustration]

GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

_Copyright, 1918,_
_By George H. Doran Company_

_Printed in the United States of America_

TO

GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING

AND

THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES

I RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS INADEQUATE RECORD
IN REVERENT MEMORY OF
OUR SACRED DEAD
ON FIELDS IN FRANCE

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The author expresses his hearty thanks to
_The Chicago Tribune_ for the opportunity
he enjoyed as a correspondent of that paper,
in the service of which he secured the
material for these papers.

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Personal.
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF