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Commanded by the prudish Captain Sumet and his hard-pressed deputy, Chai, their missions see them thrown into the chaos of the Meuse-Argonne front, delivering shells to the artillery batteries and Grand Cru vintages to the high command and medicine to beleaguered platoons, before their trucks are stolen by an American tank courts. Last to the front is about the clash of empires, and social and historical change. But it is also a personal story of the lives of young Siamese soldiers, thousands of miles from home, thrown into the world's most brutal catastrophe, battling language, prejudice and intolerance, as much as shells, bayonets and machine guns. Chai, wounded in Germany, goes back to Bangkok more sanguine and wise, but also leaves behind deep friendships and love.
