Kiltie McCoy: An American Boy with an Irish Name Fighting in France as a Scotch Soldier |
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Kiltie Mccoy: An American Boy with an Irish Name Fighting in France As A ... Patrick Terrance McCoy No preview available - 2009 |
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American arms asked attack battalion bayonet began body bombs boots British army called Cameronian Scottish Rifles cap badge Captain Hay caught chance cigarettes colonel command communicating trenches cooties crawled dead dugout duty English excitement eyes face feet fell fight firing line firing step Fischer flag forward France Fritz Fritz's wires front-line trenches Geordie George McCrae German German trenches Give em hell hand head hear heard inspection Jimmie Keene KILTIE kilts Kitchener knees knew Lieutenant looked machine gun Man's Land marched McCoy minutes morning mother moved never night officer once opened parapet passed perhaps pretty prisoners pulled raid ready rest billets rifle Royal Scots rushed salute Scot Scotch Scotchmen sent sentry Sergeant shell-hole shot snipers soldier soon stand star shell stood stretcher-bearers thing thought took turned waiting walk watch wounded yelled
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