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This is the story in words and photographs of Elmer Dewey who in 1916 at the age of seventeen walked over to the Masten Avenue Armory in Buffalo, New York, lied about his age, and enlisted in the New York National Guard. He soon found himself caughtMoreThis is the story in words and photographs of Elmer Dewey who in 1916 at the age of seventeen walked over to the Masten Avenue Armory in Buffalo, New York, lied about his age, and enlisted in the New York National Guard. He soon found himself caught up in two of the most momentous events of the early twentieth century – the Pancho Villa Punitive Campaign and World War I. The book focuses extensively on Dewey’s training and ultimate service as an artilleryman with one of the New York Guard’s top artillery units – Battery B, 106th Field Artillery Regiment. It recounts in detail Dewey’s and the battery’s actions and contributions during their service on the Mexican border and shortly thereafter in France during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive – the bloodiest battle in American history and the battle that ended World War I. Using hundreds of sources including family and personal recollections, letters, National Guard and Army records, unit histories, other government records, newspapers, magazines, books, and site visits, the author weaves the story telling of the adventures, the hardships, the sacrifices, and the terror as Dewey and the other Doughboys did their duty. DOING MY DUTY: Corporal Elmer Dewey - One National Guard Doughboys Experiences During The Pancho Villa Punitive Campaign And World War I by Stephen Banks
