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STRICKLETT ([Gail] "Hap.")
The Dud.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 297pp., 5 amusing sketches. Printed by The Pilot, Blair, Nebraska. nd (c.1920s)
#68120
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Personal experiences 1918-19 of NCO in 341st Machine Gun Battalion, 177th Brigade, 89th Division (nicknamed The Fighting Farmers): "The Dud contains authentic dope gathered during my short while in the Army... After a bit of history of my division & battalion I shall narrate my experiences, which I purpose to give in diary form..." He was gassed at Xammes on 1st Oct. 1918 but returned to the Coy. in time for the Argonne offensive. Detailed diary & history inc. impressions of the officers & men in his Company. Orig. dec. wraps., wirestitched, somewhat worm, edges of wraps. chipped, generally VG & scarce. See illustrations on our website.
£60
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