In the waning days of the First World War the Allied nations sent a small expeditionary force to Northern Russia to aid retreating Czechoslovakian forces and to prevent crucial military supplies from falling into the hands of the Bolsheviks who had recently won their communist revolution and made peace with their former German enemies. This memoir chronicles the experiences of Anderson, a member of the US Army medical corps, as he travels to Russia with the US contingent, setting up field hospitals and treating the wounded in the many battles with the Red Army. The work, edited by Gordon Olson, a Michigan historian, includes an extensive collection of illustrations including many candid photographs of the soldiers, their frozen surroundings and local people, which complement the familiar, narrative style of the author. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)