Project Gutenberg 2005-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 60 Voigt, F. A. (Frederick Augustus) 1892 1957 Voigt, Frederick Augustus Voigt, Fritz August Combed Out Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Lybarger, Melissa Er-Raqabi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) "Combed Out" by F. A. Voigt is a narrative written in the early 20th century, presenting a fictional account centered around the lives of soldiers during World War I. The work encapsulates the grueling reality of army training, the monotony of military life, and the raw emotions experienced by new recruits. The story's main character reflects on these aspects and grapples with the psychological impact of war as they endure the harsh demands of military discipline and the uncertainty of combat. The opening of the narrative introduces us to the protagonist's first day in the army, detailing the frustrating experience of squad drill under a contemptuous Sergeant. The new recruits fumble through their drills, haunted by thoughts of home and the physical toll of their training, while their discomfort and resentment grow. As they endure grueling hours of instruction, the atmosphere shifts from irritation to a camaraderie of shared misery, suggesting a budding bond among the men amidst the harshness of their circumstances. The first chapter sets a tone of stark realism, portraying both the humor and despair of military life as the soldiers confront their new reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English D501 Text World War I Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 329689 329390 2024-11-07T10:00:25.668956 2023-09-07T10:39:13.515037 text/html text/html 330858 2020-12-12T06:41:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 125070 2020-12-12T06:41:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 192974 2024-11-07T10:00:36.045903 application/epub+zip 196121 2024-11-07T10:00:29.248959 application/epub+zip 196122 2024-11-07T10:00:26.628948 application/epub+zip 327863 2024-11-07T10:00:40.328884 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310118 2024-11-07T10:00:35.215912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277847 2022-09-08T04:55:08.995416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312407 312159 2024-11-07T10:00:24.960968 2023-09-07T10:39:12.784010 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 311954 2020-12-12T06:41:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 121279 2020-12-12T06:41:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 311985 2020-12-12T06:41:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 121247 2020-12-12T06:41:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21793 2024-11-07T10:00:40.872899 application/rdf+xml 9906 2024-11-07T10:00:27.903941 image/jpeg 2850 2024-11-07T10:00:27.103942 image/jpeg 186996 2024-11-07T10:00:25.701955 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia