Robert Shirley found his father, Thomas Edward Shirley's World War I diary. In 1916, Thomas and many other Dartmouth undergraduates were drafted into the French Ambulance Corps. They duty was to Today, men and women are not allowed to keep diaries but in 1917, they were. When on the battlefield, men would split into groups to complete different tasks.
The ambulance groups experienced much of what the soldiers were. They woke up very early, and they immediately were assigned to the trenches. The men viewed the scenes of broken buildings and destroyed cities. During this time, they used black men to repair bridges. Around the trenches were multiple graves. The sight was terrible. Overall, these troops had a good look into the war and experienced the aftermath of combat.
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