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Stephen Wendell • September 25, 2019

A steel chamber holds a brass shell. Inside it, a pin ignites propellant. The confined explosion shoots a projectile and […]

Stephen Wendell • September 18, 2019

The 18th of September [1918] was a Wednesday. It was the day Benjamin Franklin Potts turned twenty-four years old. Any

I had a message from Alain Jeannesson, president of Les Amis de Vauquois et de sa région (Friends of Vauquois),

I love maps—especially pretty ones and especially old ones. These are both. The 273 rectangular sheets that constitute La carte

While transcribing B. F. Potts’s discharge paper, I was curious about the dollar amount noted in pencil on the back:

A Very Muddy Place is one of the most fascinating books I’ve read about the humble soldier’s point of view.

It was a happy day in France. April 12, 1919, the 137th Infantry Regiment waved goodbye to the country B.

I am pleased to announce A Very Muddy Place: War Stories will be released in April. May through November last

The photograph measures 2-3/4 by 5 inches. The image shows a young man, clean-shaven, dressed in wide-legged trousers, coat, and

A Very Muddy Place readers will recognize the title. I read it from a PDF at archive.org. Journalist Claire Kenamore

Stephen Wendell • November 10, 2018

Tomorrow, the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, we’ll relive a big moment with Private Potts in A Very Muddy Place.