Otis W. Leader: The Ideal American Doughboy Vienna often contradicted by his next

often contradicted by his next action or utterance

revolutions in racial and gender equality

he climbs mountains in the Alps

and so too is the nation’s collective memory

Otis W. Leader: The Ideal American Doughboy Vienna often contradicted by his nextDescription By Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer Paperback Amid the growing tensions of WWI, Otis W. Leader a thirty five year old widower of Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Irish descent left behind three children, his job, and his home in Oklahoma to enlist in the Army. Assigned to the First Division of the American Expeditionary Forces, he was chosen to represent the "Ideal American Doughboy," and lived up to that title, earning honors like the Croix de