In this World War I account, Captain Owsley describes his first experience of going over the top, and his different reactions to seeing dead American and enemy soldiers.
This document comes from a collection of “Personal War Experiences” that WWI servicemen were asked to write after their return from the front during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The men were personnel of the 36th Division – known as the Lone Star Division, formed from the Texas and Oklahoma National Guard – of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).
