Glenn R. Iriam
Autore di In the Trenches 1914-1918
Opere di Glenn R. Iriam
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I guess Private Iriam was a company sergeant-major's nightmare. A good field soldier who flirted with gross insubordination the rest of the time, and who was sarcastic and well-spoken. It speaks well to the quality of the Canadian leadership - despite the comments Iriam makes - that he was not only tolerated and only once charged, but that he was given enormous leeway to get on with his soldiering. It is no wonder that the CEF was the greatest military thing Canada ever did.
This is the best first-hand account of a Canadian soldier in the First World War that I have read. I recommend it highly. It is not however for the faint of heart.… (altro)