I was there with the Yanks in France | Page 4

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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
K��naro / S'a?d 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--
[Illustration: An African Mohammedan, an... Annamite, and a prisoner...] (Arabic script) An African Mohommedan, An Indo-Chinese Annamite and a prisoner who all crack rocks nine hours a day for the roads of France
[Illustration: (soldier with hot coffee at Red Cross station)]
[Illustration: First regiment Zouave]
French Colonials from Northern Africa used in shock troops

SALVAGE
I'll be stepping wide in these russet shoes! Leather putts beside, honest I can't lose! Guess the guy that had 'em left 'em in a hurry! What the hell, he's S.O.L. I should worry. "That's my second razor!" "Then gimme the blades." "Whatcha got there, Buddy?" "Pair of tailor-mades!"
I'll be walking on air! Yes ... they was the top's! He won't need 'em out there - if a big one drops. "Going to keep that sweater?" "No, look at the dirt." "Put that on you, Buddy, "You'll have to read your shirt!"
If I get that leave I can use 'em to dance. Well, I should grieve, --he had his chance. "Nothing doing! Beat it!" "Saw that luger first!" "Ten francs says I want it." "Done. I'll cure this thirst."
Brand-new russet shoes, I'll be stepping high! Someone's got to lose, glad I ain't the guy. If I'm going