 It has been regarded as one of the most significant works of literature to come out of the American World War I experience and the most reprinted of all March's work.The novel comprises 113 vignettes about World War I Marines in Company K. The novel is told from the viewpoint of 113 different Marines, stretching from the beginning of training to after the war.These sketches create contrasting and horrific accounts of the daily life endured by the common Marine.