"It was not until June of 1919 that the men of the 339th sailed from Russia and adopted the polar bear as their regimental symbol. After a stop in New York, the troops went on to Detroit where they took part in a gala July 4 homecoming parade at Belle Isle." The converted text for several chapters is copied from Project Gutenberg's eBook 16282, History of the World War, Vol. 3, prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Jennifer Zickerman, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This edition has minor differences, mostly additional passages and images. When considering monetary values listed in the text, one United States dollar in 1918 is equivalent to about thirteen dollars in 2006. One United States dollar in 1918 is equivalent to about 5.6 French Francs in 1918; one Franc in 1918 is equivalent to about 2.3 dollars in 2006. For additional insight into the pilots and air battles of the war read "The Red Knight of Germany; The Story of Baron von Richthofen, Germany's Great War Bird" by Floyd Gibbons. This book is copyright 1927 and will not be freely available online until 2022. In the PDf and Doc versions, the following pages contain additional maps that may assist in understanding some of the references to locations in the text. The first shows Western France. The second map contains many of the locations of the European battles. They are adapted from Putnam's Handy Volume Atlas of the World, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1921. The next two maps from the USMA, West Point, map collection, compare Europe before and after World War I. Finally, a full map of the European theater has much detail. It should be scaled up to about 500% for detail viewing. It is derived from a larger map from Rand, McNally & Company's Indexed Atlas of the World, Copyright 1898. [Illustration: Western France; Southern England] [Illustration: Western Front Battle Zone--Eastern France; Southern Belgium; Western Germany] [Illustration: WWI Locales; Lens; Cinde; Mons; Douai; Valenciennes; Cambri Landrecies; St. Quentin; Sedan; Argonne Forest; Noyon; Chauny; Soissons; Rheims; Verdun; Metz; Chateau-Thierry; St. Mihiel; Paris; Sezanne] [Illustration: Europe Before World War I] [Illustration: Europe After World War I] [Illustration: Europe, 1898] This is a glossary of unfamiliar (to me) terms and places. Boche Disparaging term for a German. camion Truck or bus. [French] charnel Repository for the dead. colliers Coal miner congerie Accumulation, aggregation, collection, gathering consanguinities Relationship by blood or common ancestor. Close affinity. deadweight Displacement of a ship at any loaded condition minus the lightship weight (weight of the ship with no fuel, passengers, cargo). It includes the crew, passengers, cargo, fuel, water, and stores. debouch March from a confined area into the open; to emerge