Irving W. Greenwald |

Irving Greenwald [ca. 1918] | World War, 1914-1918
Army
E Company, 308th Infantry Regiment
Camp Upton, New York; France
Private First Class
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Army Private Irving Greenwald’s diary initially seems to be mostly fact-based, without a lot of extraneous emotional content. However, his entries quickly become jam-packed with rich historical details, and contain deeply poignant passages that convey the enormity of his experiences in a few concise sentences. A member of the “Lost Battalion,” Greenwald was wounded in the Battle of the Argonne Forest, and his diary falls silent for just under a month. But he soon returned to writing, documenting his recovery and eventual return to the United States.
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