Description
Book Synopsis At the end of World War I, the U.S. Army 339th Infantry--nicknamed the Polar Bears--was deployed to northern Russia to prevent Allied supplies stockpiled near the port city of Archangel from falling into the hands of the Bolsheviks. Drawing on firsthand accounts from men in the regiment, their 18-month campaign is narrated from the point of view of the riflemen, NCOs and officers of companies I and M. Each chapter highlights an individual soldier''s experience fighting the Red Army and the Arctic winter, a quarter century before the Cold War.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Camp Custer, Michigan—The 339th Infantry Is Formed
- 2. The 339th Heads to the Western Front
- 3. Why America Sent Troops to Russia
- 4. First American Troops in Russia
- 5. The Americans Settle In
- 6. A Muddled Assault
- 7. Assault on Verst 455
- 8. A Change in Strategy
- 9. The Great War Ends
- 10. Archangel
- 11. On the Front Lines
- 12. The March to Pinega
- 13. The Pinega Campaign
- 14. Winter on the Railroad Front
- 15. A Mutiny in Name Only
- 16. The Fight for Bolshie Ozerki
- 17. Prisoners
- 18. Spring 1919
- 19. Homeward Bound
- 20. Bringing Home the Fallen
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
