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Yanks : $b A.E.F. verse: originally published in "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American expeditionary forces — John Shaqi

Yanks : $b A.E.F. verse: originally published in "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American expeditionary forcesVarious

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Yanks : $b A.E.F. verse: originally published in "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American expeditionary forces

Name: Yanks : $b A.E.F. verse: originally published in "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American expeditionary forces
Author: Various

Various

American poetry -- 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 -- Poetry

The royalties accruing from the sale of this volume will be devoted to
_The Stars and Stripes_ Fund for French War Orphans, to which 600,000
American soldiers gave more than 2,200,000 francs during their stay in
France.

This republication is made with the consent and approval of Newton D.
Baker, Secretary of War, under the direction of the former editorial
council of _The Stars and Stripes_, now associated in the publication of
_The Home Sector_.

[Illustration: John T. Winterich]

                                CONTENTS

                                                                    PAGE

 FOREWORD                                                              v

 JUST THINKIN’—_Hudson Hawley, Pvt., M.G. Bn._                         1

 TO THE KID SISTER—_J. T. W., Pvt., A.S._                              3

 CORP’RAL’S CHEVRONS                                                   5

 YOU’RE NOT A FAN, PIERRETTE—_S. H. C._                                6

 MY SWEETHEART—_Frank C. McCarthy, Sgt., A.S._                         8

 DAD’S LETTERS                                                         9

 MLLE. SOIXANTE-QUINZE—_J. M. H., F.A._                               11

 HOME IS WHERE THE PIE IS                                             14

 HOW IT WORKS OUT—_Tyler H. Bliss, Corp., Inf._                       16

 FAITH                                                                19

 THE ORPHANS OF FRANCE—_Franklin P. Adams, Capt., U. S. A.; Stuart
   H. Carroll, Sgt., Q.M.C._                                          20

 REVEILLE—_Ray L. Huff, Pvt., M.D._                                   22

 FULL DIRECTIONS—_Daniel Turner Balmer, A.S._                         24

 ON LEARNING FRENCH—_Alfred J. Fritchey, Camp Hospital 30_            25

 “WHO SAID SUNNY FRANCE?”—_Jack Warren Carrol, Corp., F.A._           26

 THE TRUANT—_R. R. Kirk, Pvt., G2, S.O.S._                            28

 TRIBUTE—_F. M. H. D., F.A._                                          29

 SEA STUFF—_Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P._                             31

 LETTERS—_Mel Ryder, Sgt. Major, Inf._                                33

 SOLDIER SMILES—_Allen A. Stockdale, Capt., U.S.A._                   35

 BEEFING—_H. H. Huss, Sgt., Inf._                                     37

 THE TANK—_Richard C. Colburn, Sgt., Tank Corps_                      39

 THE NEW ARMY—_R. R. Kirk, S.S.U._                                    42

 TOUJOURS LE MÊME—_Vance C. Criss, Corp., Engrs._                     43

 TO THE WEST WIND—_William S. Long, Corp., A.S._                      45

 THE DRIVER—_F. M. H. D., F.A._                                       46

 SONG OF THE CENSOR MAN—_John Fletcher Hall, Sgt., Inf., Acting
   Chaplain_                                                          48

 DO YOU KNOW THIS GUY?—_Frank Eisenberg, Pvt., Tel. Bn._              50

 CAMOUFLAGE—_M. G._                                                   52

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Yanks : $b A.E.F. verse: originally published in "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American expeditionary forces

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