Quiren M. Groessl |
Quiren Groessl in uniform
[undated] | World War I, 1914-1920
Army
Company F, 5th Wisconsin Regiment
Europe
Corporal
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Nicknamed "Big Boy" during his time in the service, Quiren Groessl grew up in a German-American family in Wisconsin. A corporal in the 5th Wisconsin Regiment, he survived a brutal bayonet attack after being captured behind enemy lines. He eventually escaped and spent the rest of the war recovering in various hospitals in France and the United States. His diary records not only his dramatic combat experiences, but also narrates the time he spent in the hospital, where he developed a special camaraderie with the other wounded soldiers.
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