Fix Bayonets

Fix Bayonets, by John Thomason.

The war memoirs of an AMERICAN officer, this time.  Much less war to be exposed to. 

Originally published in the American Mercury.  That was H. L. Mencken's magazine.  In the 20's.  The story reads like just about all the WWI books.  That kind of war experienced that way....  It got the same flavor as Remarque's masterpiece but written in a shorter form three years prior.

These are the memoirs of war from a 5th Marines officer.  A bit more game at the game than All Quiet on the Western Front, but still dwells on the meaningless slaughter, all around.  With graphic sections and description.  All these WWI books have those.  If you were looking for a slashed picture in the 1970s at a Grindhouse, you could have done better reading 50 year old war books

But the flavor is similar.  Reading war memoirs from various wars...  You get a flavor.  A generic section and you can tell which war is on...