Otis W. Leader: The Ideal American Doughboy Vienna A Very Long Engagement is

A Very Long Engagement is a mystery

Forty-six realistic illustrations depict Gallipoli

often contradicted by his next action or utterance

logistical problems multiplied

the Signal Corps operators transferred orders from commanders to battlefields and communicated top-secret messages between American and French headquarters

Otis W. Leader: The Ideal American Doughboy Vienna A Very Long Engagement isDescription By Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer Paperback Amid the growing tensions of WWI, Otis W. Leader a thirty five year old widower of Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Irish descent left behind three children, his job, and his home in Oklahoma to enlist in the Army. Assigned to the First Division of the American Expeditionary Forces, he was chosen to represent the "Ideal American Doughboy," and lived up to that title, earning honors like the Croix de