I was there with the Yanks in France | Page 4

proximity
Meaux
[Illustration: An American ambulance at a poste de secours]
An American ambulance at a poste de secours (first aid station)
Ostel--1917
[Illustration: An old trench in the Argonne near Montfaucon]
[Illustration: The Edge]

THAT QUIET SECTOR
Four hours off--two hours on-- And not a thing to do but think, And
watch the mud and twisted wire And never let your peepers blink.
Two hours on--four hours off-- The dug-out's slimy as the trench; It
stinks of leather, men, and smoke,-- You wake up dopey from the
stench.
Four hours off--two hours on-- Back on the same old trick again, The
same old noth'n' to do at all From yesterday till God knows when. On
post or not it's just the same, The waiting is what gets your goat And
makes you want to chuck the game Or risk a trench-knife in your
throat.

Two hours on--four hours off-- I s'pose our job is not so hard,-- I s'pose
sometime we're going to quit--
* * * * *
The ghosts we leave--do they stand guard?
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[Illustration: The water wagon filled with red-hot coffee...]
The water wagon filled with red-hot coffee going to the ration dump
via shell fire and not losing any time about it-- Outside Belleau
wood--June '18
[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, but
everyone knows what it means. It's half way between water and red
wine, with the kick mostly in the taste. It is served as an army ration.
The poilu's canteen is always full of it.
[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 Theirry 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"
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