"I was there" - with the Yanks in France by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge
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[Illustration: He's been on every front...] He's been on every front from Chateau-Thierry to the Rhine Coblenz--1919 [Illustration: After the German Retreat] After the German Retreat Cleaning up old quarry used by Fritz as a barracks--Chemin-des-Dames [Illustration: "Wagon Soldiers" (nickname for artillerymen)] [Illustration: Made in America--France Aug. 1918] [Illustration: "Marraines" (Godmothers)] "Marraines" (Godmothers) who kept their poilu godsons at the front in good cheer with letters and packages from home, and who took their Yank cousins to their hearts in the same kindly spirit Sophie--Marie--Madeleine in Paris and the provinces-- A type to match the ideal of every man who looks [Illustration: "Papa Perrin" / Soissons / 1917] No one knows where the poilu slang word "Pinard" came from, |
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