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Arthur Guy Empey (December 11, 1883 – February 22, 1963) was an American soldier, author, actor and filmmaker. He served with the British Army during World War I, and upon his return wrote a popular autobiographical book, Over the Top, which sold over a quarter million copies.
Dec 29, 2020 · At the American Women’s War Hospital near Paignton, England, a Harvard-trained surgeon rebuilt Empey’s battered face, grafting a piece of bone from a cadaver rib to fill the hole that a bullet had left in his cheek. After a lengthy recovery, Empey returned to America.
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In 1918 Arthur Guy Empey played himself in a silent motion picture loosely based on his best-selling World War I memoir. No print of the film is known to have survived.
Jan 2, 2018 · Frustrated by his own country’s neutrality in the early years of World War I, Arthur Guy Empey traveled to London and enlisted in the British Army. Soon he was in the trenches on the Western Front. In 1914, as World War I broke out in Europe, Arthur Guy Empey was living in New York City and working as a recruiting sergeant for the New Jersey ...
Arthur Guy Empey's Over the Top is as relevant today as it was 100 years ago. Empey's writing is personal, graphic, and gives readers a profound glimpse into the timeless thoughts and fears of every combat zone soldier, no matter when or where they served.
Arthur Guy Empey (11 December 1883 – 22 February 1963) was an American soldier in the British Army in World War 1, and an author, screenwriter, actor and movie producer. Born in Ogden, Utah, U.S. on 11 December 1883 to Rose Empey (née Dana) and Robert Empey.
Arthur Guy Empey served as an American in the British Army in the early days of World War I. After fighting in the trenches, Empey began writing short stories of his overseas military experience.
