System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3-capable software.
Note
Subtitle from container.
Performer
Read by Geoffrey Blaisdell.
Note
Enhanced compact disc, MP3 format. Will not play on standard CD player.
"Tracks Every 10 Minutes and by Chapter."
Summary
Five Lieutenants tells the story of five young Harvard men who took up the call to arms in the spring of 1917 and met differing fates in the maelstrom of battle on the Western Front in 1918. Delving deep into the motivations, horrific experiences, and ultimate fates of this Harvard-educated quintet--and by extension, of the brilliant young officer class that left its collegiate and postcollegiate pursuits to enlist in the army and lead America's rough-and-ready doughboys--Five Lieutenants presents a unique, timeless, and fascinating account of citizen soldiers at war and of the price these extraordinary men paid while earnestly giving all they had in an effort to end "the war to end all wars."
