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Lt. Col. David Wooster King (5 July 1893 – 5 September 1975) was an American Army officer, legionnaire and author. King was born in Wickford, Rhode Island, the son of Jose Berre King (né Hart) and Louise Wooster. His maternal grandfather Jerome Bonapart King had established the hugely successful family firm, Knickerbocker Plaster Mills, in ...
Aug 3, 2023 · This book is the amazing story of these American legionnaires told by three of the young volunteers: • David Wooster King – a 21-year-old dropout from Harvard, son of a rich businessman. King survived four years in the trenches ending as an officer in the US Army chasing German spies in Switzerland.
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Jul 11, 2024 · On 24 August 1914, 44 Americans joined the Foreign Legion. This book covers three of the young volunteers: David Wooster King, Alan Seeger, and Eugene James Bullard.
Apr 24, 2014 · David Wooster King. Publication date. 1927. Topics. World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, France Army Infantry Le?gion e?trange?re. Publisher. Duffield and company. Collection. statelibrarypennsylvania; americana. Contributor. State Library of Pennsylvania. Language. English. Addeddate. 2014-04-24 14:20:30. Author. King, David Wooster. Bib_id.
Apr 18, 2017 · David Wooster King's story takes the reader through the most brutal fighting on the Western Front, where the Legion was regularly first into the most lethal part of the fray. Astonishingly and against the odds, the author survived to write this compelling personal account of his experiences.
Stanford University. Stanford, CA 94305-6003. hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu. URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives. Title: David Wooster King papers. Date (inclusive): 1914-1971. Collection Number: 72014. Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives. Language of Material: English.
David Wooster King’s story takes the reader through the most brutal fighting on the Western Front, where the Legion was regularly first into the most lethal part of the fray. Astonishingly and against the odds, the author survived to write this compelling personal account of his experiences.
