The book "I Was There: With the Yankees on the Western Front, 1917-1919" by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge and Hilmar R. Bauhage fascinates the reader with the history of the participation of American troops in the First World War. Authentic memories and impressions of two Americans who joined military operations on the Western Front will help the reader feel the atmosphere of that distant era. Heroic deeds and complex communication between soldiers, as well as life behind the front line - all this is reflected in the book vividly and emotionally. This book will reveal to you new pages of the history of the First World War, given in the testimonies of those who experienced it with their own eyes.