Journey's End by Robert Cedric (R. C.) Sheriff

After having spent nearly three years in the trenches without any significant leave, 21-year-old Captain Dennis Stanhope, a young company commander straight out of school, has taken to drinking heavily to control his nerves and to ease the stress of trench warfare. He is respected by his men and comforted by his middle-aged second-in-command and closest companion, the tenderly nicknamed Lieutenant 'Uncle' Osborne. When Second Lieutenant Jimmy Raleigh, an eighteen-year-old schoolmate of Stanhope's (and brother of the girl Stanhope is said to court when at home, whom he has not seen for some time), joins the company, Stanhope believes he ...

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