PREFACE — The Life and Times of a World War I Soldier: The Julius Holthaus Story

PREFACE

Battles are the punctuation marks in history.

-Winston Churchill

For a number of years I had been researching a large amount of diverse information on Julius Holthaus which would eventually be brought together as the Life and Times of a World War I soldier. One day I needed a break from the tedium of making a living, so I switched to focus on a project that I came to enjoy…researching the long forgotten fragments of Julius’ life. As…