The Remains of Company D
A Story of the Great War

Haunted by an ancestors tale of near death on a distant battlefield,James Carl Nelsonset out in pursuit of the scraps of memory of his grandfathers small infantry unit. Years of travel across the world led to theretrieval ofunpublished personal papers,obscure memoirs, and communications from numerous Doughboysas well asoriginal interviews ofthedescendents of his grandfathers comrades in arms. The result is a compellingtale of battlerooted in new primary sources, andone mans search for his grandfathers legacy in a horrifying maelstrom that is today poorly understood and nearly forgotten. The Remains of Company D follows the members of Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment, United States First Division, from enlistment tocombat to the effort to recover theirremains, focusing on the three major battles at Cantigny, Soissons, and in the MeuseArgonne and the effect these horrific battleshad on the men. This isan important and powerfultale of the different destinies, personalities, and motivations of the men in Company D and a timeless portrayal of men at war.