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Bullets, Bandages and Beans : United States Army Logistics in France in World War I by Peter L. Belmonte (2023, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-101476690588
ISBN-139781476690582
eBay Product ID (ePID)11058359710
Product Key Features
Number of Pages236 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBullets, Bandages and Beans : United States Army Logistics in France in World War I
SubjectMilitary / World War I
Publication Year2023
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorPeter L. Belmonte
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2023-028896
Reviews"This book provides a thorough look into the world behind the front lines... Barnes and Belmont have produced a volume that contributes to the provision of a clearer global picture of the effort of the American Expeditionary Force during the First World War."-- Stand To!
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. The Plan and the Failed First Efforts 2. The Ships and the Ports 3. Transit Camps and a Marine Brigade 4. New Leadership and Support to Combat Divisions 5. The Hospitals and the Flu 6. Working on the Railroad 7. Service Organizations: The Red Cross and the "Seven Sisters" 8. Biographies 9. Unique Events and the Problem with Prisons 10. The Central Records Office and the Postal Express Service 11. Closing the Accounts: Postwar SOS Operations and the U.S. Third Army Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisBy October 1918, the U.S. had more than a million men fighting in the Meuse-Argonne campaign. The American Expeditionary Forces' logistics army, the Services of Supply (SOS), provided critical support to the combat forces. An enormous array of maintenance, medical, motor transport, railroad, quartermaster and engineer units served in this role--as well as British women from Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, African American labor and pioneer regiments, a U.S. Marine brigade led by a legendary officer, volunteers from the Salvation Army, Chinese laborers and even German prisoners of war.. The SOS kept American soldiers at the front supplied with "bullets, bandages and beans" while repairing weapons, producing vast quantities of lumber, buying horses from Spain, operating a massive railroad network, caring for the sick and wounded, fighting fires on troopships, driving trucks under enemy fire and administering a notorious prison. This book gives a full account of perhaps the most overlooked yet crucial military effort of World War I.
LC Classification NumberD570.75.B37 2023
