I Saw Them Die: Diary and Recollections of Shirley Millard

This true contemporary account of an American nurse's horrific – and sometimes bizarre – experiences while serving at a French battlefield hospital near Soissons during World War I has poignant layers which even the often naïve author did not see. "As our camion drove through the château gate we could see that the grounds were covered with what looked like sleeping men." That is just her own introduction to the unit, housed in what was once a country estate,and soon she was standing hours on end…