"I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919Baldridge, Cyrus Leroy
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"I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919
Baldridge, Cyrus Leroy
World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works; World War, 1914-1918 -- Poetry
[Illustration: "We ain't no thin red 'eroes,..]
"We ain't no thin red 'eroes, Nor we aren't no blackguards too."
[Illustration: One of the Agent-de-ville = M.P. teams of Paris]
One of the Agent-de-ville = M.P. teams of Paris patrolling the
boulevard. They have authority over both Yank and poilu.
Paris 1919
[Illustration: Belgian Types]
[Illustration: The Tommy]
The Tommy--Montdiddier 1918
[Illustration: In the month of July]
[Illustration: Caught by a star shell...]
Caught by a star shell at a listening post, and attempting to "freeze"
like a rabbit with the hunter upon him, to look as much like a lump of
mud as possible until the glare dies down.
[Illustration: Americans quartered in the mediaeval
monastary of Pont St. Maxence]
[Illustration: French Colonial Types]
French Colonial Types: White, black, and half-way
From Algeria
A Zouave
From Morocco
[Illustration: Kamarad!]
"P.Gs" (prisonneurs de la guerre) who are keeping in physical trim by
lumber work in a forest where once the kings of France took their
morning walks
Croix St. Ouen 1918
[Illustration: A Yank going on leave...]
A Yank going on leave having a midnight cup of "vin rouge" in a
compartment of a Permissionnares' Train--with a soixante-quinze gunner,
a sailor from a submarine, a chasseur, an aviation sergeant, and several
infantrymen. For the next ten days of "permission" these men can forget
war.
En route--Nice/1918
[Illustration: The barber shop quartette on the trip home]
The barber shop quartette on the trip home--
(no ocean rules about noise this time).
[Illustration: Coming Out! dirty, tired and grinning!]
Coming Out! dirty, tired and grinning!
Chateau Thierry
June--1918
[Illustration: MAIL!]
MAIL!
Brought up to the front by the ration detail
[Illustration: Forty feet underground in an old stone quarry...]
Forty feet underground in an old stone quarry formerly used by the
Germans as barracks. Near Fort Malmaux
[Illustration: This is the cellar of her home...]
This is the cellar of her home. The house above no longer exists. For
her living she washes clothes for the soldiers. Her daughter with two
young children is a prisoner in Belgium. A third grandchild lives in
this cave
[Illustration: (dogs)]
Poulet
"Lui"
This one has won three army citations
"la soupe"
Liaison dog to carry messages
Red Cross dog
Jack - a yank volunteer
[Illustration: French dogs loaned by private families...]
French dogs loaned by private families and trained by the army for use
as Red Cross aids, sentinels, and message carriers. Intelligence the
only qualification--any breed goes
Kénaro / S'aïd
Two dogs who worked together at Verdun
Sultane / Picard / Marraine / Filon
"mort pour la patrie"
[Illustration: The O.D. Circuit]
"Pull the shades down Mary Ann"
A love song from The East--
Our own jazz band
[Illustration: "Coming out" after "The Washington Birthday Raid"...]
Chemin des Dames--1918--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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