In June 1917, shortly after the United States entered World War I, James McBrayer Sellers joined the United States Marine Corps. Wounded during battle and later commanding a company engaged in heavy fighting, he later received the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, the Purple Heart, and the French Croix de Guerre. His account of his time during the war is a fantastic look from enlistment to the discharge of a U.S. Marine Corps Officer during World War I.