Company K
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Company K

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Company K

About this book

''Company K'' (1933) by William March (died 1954) is an anti-war novel composed of 113 brief, first-person vignettes told by different Marines in a single company during World War I. Based on the author's own combat experiences, it explores the brutal reality, moral horror, and psychological trauma of war, portraying it as a collective, unforgettable ordeal from training through the aftermath. The book is a montage or collage of voices, with each chapter titled after a soldier's rank and name, creating a fast-paced effect. March shuns romanticized war stories, focusing instead on themes of lost innocence, fear, cowardice, and the senseless nature of "mass-produced death". It heavily covers the moral injury of war, including incidents of soldiers executing German prisoners, highlighting the moral degradation of the combatants. The vignettes go beyond the battlefields of France to show the lingering trauma of survivors attempting to adjust to normal life. Written by a highly decorated Marine, the book is considered a protest against the brutality of war and is often lauded for its unvarnished, "bare" prose.

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Information

Publisher
Rare Treasure Editions
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9798902437826
Subtopic
Historical Fiction

Table of contents

  1. Company K
  2. AN UNCHANGING FRIEND, PRIVATE JOSEPH DELANEY
  3. PRIVATE ROWLAND GEERS
  4. CORPORAL JERRY BLANDFORD
  5. CORPORAL PIERRE BROCKETT
  6. PRIVATE ARCHIE LEMON
  7. CORPORAL WALTER ROSE
  8. PRIVATE SAMUEL UPDIKE
  9. SERGEANT MICHAEL RIGGIN
  10. SERGEANT THEODORE DONOHOE
  11. FIRST SERGEANT PATRICK BOSS
  12. PRIVATE ROGER JONES
  13. PRIVATE CARTER ATLAS
  14. PRIVATE LUCIEN JANOFF
  15. PRIVATE THOMAS STAHL
  16. SERGEANT JAMES DUNNING
  17. SERGEANT WILBUR TIETJEN
  18. PRIVATE JESSE BOGAN
  19. PRIVATE PHILIP CALHOUN
  20. PRIVATE EDWARD ROMANO
  21. LIEUTENANT EDWARD BARTELSTONE
  22. PRIVATE JACOB GELLER
  23. PRIVATE WALTER LANDT
  24. PRIVATE GRALEY BORDEN
  25. LIEUTENANT THOMAS JEWETT
  26. PRIVATE STEPHEN CARROLL
  27. PRIVATE CARROLL HART
  28. PRIVATE WILLIAM ANDERSON
  29. PRIVATE MARTIN DAILEY
  30. PRIVATE HENRY DEMAREST
  31. CORPORAL LLOYD SOMERVILLE
  32. PRIVATE LAWRENCE DICKSON
  33. PRIVATE NATHAN MOUNTAIN
  34. PRIVATE CHRISTIAN GEILS
  35. PRIVATE MARK MUMFORD
  36. PRIVATE BERNARD GLASS
  37. PRIVATE JOHN TOWNSEND
  38. PRIVATE WILBUR HALSEY
  39. PRIVATE HARRY WADDELL
  40. PRIVATE BENJAMIN HUNZINGER
  41. PRIVATE PLEZ YANCEY
  42. LIEUTENANT ARCHIBALD SMITH
  43. PRIVATE EDWARD CARTER
  44. PRIVATE EMIL AYRES
  45. PRIVATE MARTIN APPLETON
  46. PRIVATE LESLIE WESTMORE
  47. PRIVATE SYLVESTER WENDELL
  48. PRIVATE RALPH BRUCKER
  49. PRIVATE BYRON LONG
  50. PRIVATE PHILIP WADSWORTH
  51. PRIVATE ALEX MARRO
  52. PRIVATE SIDNEY BORGSTEAD
  53. PRIVATE ALLAN METHOT
  54. PRIVATE JEREMIAH EASTON
  55. PRIVATE WILLIAM MULCAHEY
  56. SERGEANT JULIUS PELTON
  57. CORPORAL CLARENCE FOSTER
  58. PRIVATE WALTER DRURY
  59. PRIVATE CHARLES GORDON
  60. PRIVATE ROGER INABINETT
  61. PRIVATE RICHARD MUNDY
  62. PRIVATE HOWARD NETTLETON
  63. PRIVATE HARLAND PERRY
  64. PRIVATE ALBERT NALLETT
  65. PRIVATE ROBERT NALLS
  66. PRIVATE OSWALD POLLARD
  67. PRIVATE MARTIN PASSY
  68. MADAME BONATURA, THE SEEREST OF THE EAST
  69. PRIVATE LEO HASTINGS
  70. PRIVATE SILAS PULLMAN
  71. PRIVATE SAMUEL QUILLIN
  72. PRIVATE ABRAHAM RICKEY
  73. PRIVATE WILBUR BOWDEN
  74. PRIVATE EUGENE MERRIAM
  75. PRIVATE HERBERT MERRIAM
  76. PRIVATE PETER STAFFORD
  77. PRIVATE SIDNEY BELMONT
  78. PRIVATE RICHARD STARNES
  79. CORPORAL FREDERICK WILLCOXEN
  80. SERGEANT MARVIN MOONEY
  81. PRIVATE OLIVER TECLAW
  82. PRIVATE FRANKLIN GOOD
  83. THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
  84. PRIVATE CHARLES UPSON
  85. CORPORAL STEPHEN WALLER
  86. PRIVATE LEO BROGAN
  87. PRIVATE ROBERT ARMSTRONG
  88. PRIVATE CHRISTIAN VAN OSTEN
  89. PRIVATE ALBERT HAYES
  90. PRIVATE ANDREW LURTON
  91. PRIVATE HOWARD BARTOW
  92. PRIVATE WILLIAM NUGENT
  93. PRIVATE RALPH NERION
  94. PRIVATE PAUL WAITE
  95. SERGEANT JACK HOWIE
  96. PRIVATE ARTHUR CRENSHAW
  97. PRIVATE EVERETT QUALLS
  98. PRIVATE HAROLD DRESSER
  99. PRIVATE WALTER WEBSTER
  100. PRIVATE SYLVESTER KEITH
  101. PRIVATE LESLIE JOURDAN
  102. PRIVATE FREDERICK TERWILLIGER
  103. PRIVATE COLIN WILTSEE
  104. PRIVATE ROY HOWARD
  105. PRIVATE THEODORE IRVINE
  106. PRIVATE HOWARD VIRTUE
  107. PRIVATE LESLIE YAWFITZ
  108. PRIVATE MANUEL BURT
  109. PRIVATE COLIN URQUHART
  110. LIEUTENANT JAMES FAIRBROTHER
  111. PRIVATE RUFUS YEOMANS
  112. PRIVATE SAM ZIEGLER

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