Army Boys in France; or, From Training Camp to Trenches

"Army Boys in France; or, From Training Camp to Trenches" by Homer Randall, follows young Frank Sheldon and his friends as they trade their lives for the battlefields of World War I. The story begins with the friends working in a hardware store as they learn the United States will enter World War 1. Eager to serve his country, Frank enlists, even with a German foreman named Nick Rabig in town. The emotional core of the story resides in Frank's goodbye to his mother, highlighting the personal sacrifices demanded by war, as they leave to find bravery and discover who they are as people.