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READING LIST
The following reading list is by no means
exhaustive but should provide a pretty start for building your impression and
learning about various aspects of the 364th and the AEF in general.
Official Sources:
Center
of
Military
History
,
United States
Army. Order of Battle of the
United States
Land
Forces in the World War. 5 volumes. 1931-1949; reprint,
Washington
: Government Printing Office, 1988-1992.
______.
United States
Army in the World War. 17 volumes.
1948; reprint with a forward by David F. Trask,
Washington
: Government Printing Office, 1988.
The above
publications are a goldmine of official information regarding the organization,
training, and deployment of the AEF. For many years these were out of print
until the Government started reprinting them in the late 1980s- early 1990s. The
bad part is that they are once again out of print. The good part is that they
are all available on a three-disc CD set from the Government Printing Office for
$22. The web address is: http://bookstore.gpo.gov/actions/GetPublication.do?stocknumber=008-029-00375-9
U.S. War Department. Gas Warfare, Part II:
Methods of Defense Against Gas Attacks (War Department Document No. 705).
Washington
: Government Printing Office, 1918.
______. Gas Warfare, Part III:
Methods of Training in Defensive Measures.
Washington
: Government Printing Office, 1918.
______. Infantry Drill Regulations,
1911, Corrected to December 1917.
Washington
: Government Printing Office, 1917.
______. Military Notes on Training
and Instruction, No. I (War Department Document No. 842).
Washington
: Government Printing Office, August, 1918.
______. Regulations for the Army of
the
United States
1913, Corrected to
April 15, 1917
(War Department Document No. 454).
Washington
: Government Printing Office, 1917.
______. Regulations for the Army of
the
United States
1910 (War Department Document No. 484).
Washington
: Government Printing Office, 1911.
______. Small Arms Firing Manual
1913, Corrected to
April 15, 1917
(War Department Document No. 442).
Washington
: Government Printing Office, 1917.
Secondary Sources (A good number of these
are in print- to buy them, go HERE):
Coffman, Edward M. The Regulars: The
American Army: 1898-1941.
Cambridge
,
MA
: The Belknap Press, 2004.
______. The War to End All Wars: The
American Military Experience in World War I.
Oxford University Press, 1968; reprint
Madison
,
WI
: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1986.
Coffman’s book is an excellent
starting place for anyone to learn about
America
’s military efforts during WWI. Highly
recommended.
Farwell, Byron. Over There: The
United States
in the
Great War
, 1917-1918.
New York
and
London
: W. W. Norton and Company, 1999.
Lengel, Edward G. To Conquer Hell:
The Meuse-Argonne, 1918.
New York
: Henry Holt & Company, 2008.
The rapid expansion of the
US
Army WWI spawned an industry of military
aftermarket “how-to-do-it” books of which the following books are only a
small fraction of the ones available during the war. These were designed to
impart “instant knowledge” to the thousands of newly recruited
citizen-soldiers that made up the bulk of the AEF and especially the officers
who rarely knew more than the troops they were leading.
Moss, James A. Manual
of Military Training.
Menasha
,
WI
: George Banta Publishing Company, 1914.
______. Private’s
Manual.
Menasha
,
WI
: George Banta Publishing Company, 1916.
______. Non-Commissioned
Officer's Manual. Menasha
,
WI
: George Banta Publishing Company, 1917.
Moss first started
writing a series of military “how-to-do-it” books prior to
America
’s entry into WWI of which the above
titles are just a small sample of his output. These books are valuable for
getting an overview of what the soldier was expected to know and be able to do,
at least on a Stateside level. Definitely a good place to start in developing a
Stateside soldier impression. Of course what happened once the soldier arrived
in
France
was another matter.
Smith, J.S. Trench
Warfare: A Manual for Officers and Men.
New York
: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1917.
Written by a British
officer, this book provides an interesting overview of trench warfare as
practiced by the British Army. Many aspects are probably idealizations but it
provides an interesting introduction to the “nuts and bolts” of trench
warfare.
Waldron, William H. The Infantry
Soldier’s Handbook. The Harvey Press, 1917; reprint,
New York
: The Lyon’s Press, 2000.
Waldron’s book is an excellent
one-volume compendium of basic Doughboy military knowledge and the best part
about this book is that it’s a modern reprint in a small paperback format so
you do not have to risk using a fragile original (especially if you take it to
an event for reference) If you use it at an event, be sure to camouflage the
cover since it definitely screams “modern” in appearance.
Sawicki, James A. Infantry Regiments
of the
U.S.
Army.
Dumfries
,
VA
: Wyvern Publications, 1981.
Wilson, Bryant and Lamar Tooze. With 364th Infantry in
America
,
France
, and
Belgium
.
New York
: The Knickerbocker Press, 1919.
This is only one example of the
flood of unit histories that came out just after the end of the war. The quality
of these works are pretty uneven but in the case of the above history, it
provides some interesting details as to the 364th’s service.
Dorsey, R. Steven. American Military
Belts and Related Equipments.
Union City
,
TN
: The Pioneer Press, 1984.
Machado, William C. Uniforms and
Equipment of the Last Campaign, 1916: The Pursuit of Pancho Villa. N.p.,
1993.
While the scope of this work
pre-dates the
America
’s entry into WWI, this provides an interesting overview of what the
Army was using in the years up to the April 1917. A definite must for those
interested in developing an impression of the Army during the Punitive
Expedition. Unfortunately, this book is out of print and fetches a high price
when it can be found.
Mirouze, Laurent. World War One
Infantry in Colour Photographs, Europa Militaria No. 3.
N.p.: The Crowood Press, n.d.
Otoupalik, Hayes, Dennis Gordon, and Paul J. Schulz. World
War One Collectors Handbook. 2 Volumes. Privately Printed, 2002.
Scipio, L. Albert and Buddy D. Patterson. E.M
Collar Insignia (1907-1926).
Silver Spring
,
MD
: Roman Publications, 1981.
Everything you ever wanted to know
about enlisted collar insignia. Long out of print and when it comes up for sale
it fetches a high price.
Werner, Bret. Uniforms, Equipment
and Weapons of the American Expeditionary Forces in
World
War
I.
Atglen
,
PA
: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2006.
Poyer, Joe. The M1903 Springfield
Rifle.
Tustin
,
CA
: North Cape Publications, Inc.
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