I hesitate to write of my experiences because so many books have been
written about the war, and the story of the ambulancier has been told
before.
Many young Americans in sympathy with the Allied cause, and
particularly the cause of France, and many Americans anxious to uphold
the honor of their own country, when others were holding back the
flag, went over as “crusaders” in advance of the American Army. Many
had gone over before I went; some have come back and told their story
and told it well――and so, although I went as a “crusader,” I am not
the first to tell the story.
But if my story interests a few of my friends and kin I shall be
satisfied with the telling of it.