[Illustration: "The Germans have gone!" -- St. Mihiel]

[Illustration: The Shell Hole Central]

[Illustration: On Guard]

[Illustration: The noncombatant]

[Illustration: The family with whom I lived in Soissons]

In 1870 Grandpère was taken as a prisoner to Coblenz

Madam Framary who sewed on my buttons and who transformed miserable
French army rations into marvelous dishes

Eraseme, the youngest son who starts his three years of compulsory
training in the fall 1919

The eldest son. After his three years of training he was called to war.
He has never come back.

Soissons--1918

[Illustration: Awaiting the signal to attack...]

Awaiting the signal to attack. The sergeant is ready to blow the whistle
for his squad to follow him out through a path in the barbed wire. In
another minute they will advance close behind the bursting shells of a
heavy barrage which, lifting, will leave them face to face with German