I Saw Them Die: Diary and Recollections of Shirley Millard

Now in a library-quality hardcover edition with a modern, legible presentation, this is a true contemporary account of an American nurse's horrific - and sometimes bizarre - experiences while serving at a French battlefield hospital near Soissons during World War I. It has poignant layers which even the oft-naive author did not see. "As our camion drove through the château gate we could see that the grounds were covered with what looked like sleeping men." That is just her own introduction ...