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<p><i>A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne</i> is a firsthand account of World War I through the eyes of an enlisted soldier. William S. Triplet was a seventeen-year-old junior in high school when, on April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked for a declaration of war. Passed by Congress and signed by the nation's chief executive four days later, this declaration stirred the superintendent of schools in Triplet's hometown of Sedalia, Missouri, to make an emotional plea to all eligible students to join the armed forces. "Any student who felt called upon to fight, bleed, and die for his country could receive his graduation diploma upon his return from the war." Triplet was eighteen months short of being of legal enlistment age, but the army didn't check birth certificates. The appeal of military benefits—room and board, travel, adventure, and fifteen dollars a month, plus knowing he would receive his high school diploma—was too much for the young Triplet to pass up. Thus began William S. Triplet's remarkable career in the U.S. Army, in which he served until his retirement as a full colonel in 1954.</p> <p>In <i>A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne,</i> Triplet covers the early years of his servic

Author

William S. Triplet

Publisher

Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826212900

Subjects

History, Biography, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.5 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14