"I was there" - with the Yanks in France by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge
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[Illustration: The tank helmet]
[Illustration: Some managed to hang on to the old reliable] [Illustration: With the French army] [Illustration: With its canvas overcoat on] [Illustration: He used to hunt rabbits in Kentucky] [Illustration: The job that's never ended--Cleaning up for inspection] [Illustration: First time in two weeks!/Montmeuril (men bathing from canvas bucket)] [Illustration: The letter from home/reading] [Illustration: The Ration Detail] The Ration Detail--a job which no one relishes. Each day the other fellow's artillery tries to lay down a fire which will keep these boys from getting back. They travel to where their supply company has dumped the food from mule carts--the point nearest front where creaking wheels may go. The man in the center is carrying a string of French loaves, the round black variety common before we got our own bakeries started. [Illustration: The Headquarters Company...taking its bath...] The Headquarters Company of the Reserve Mallet taking its bath at Chavigeny Farm. The tub is a tin-lined cigarette box used by the |
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