Mihiel]
[Illustration: The Shell Hole Central]
[Illustration: On Guard]
[Illustration: The noncombatant]
[Illustration: The family with whom I lived in Soissons]
In 1870 Grandp?re was taken as a prisoner to Coblenz
Madam Framary who sewed on my buttons and who transformed miserable
French army rations into marvelous dishes
Eraseme, the youngest son who starts his three years of compulsory
training in the fall 1919
The eldest son. After his three years of training he was called to war.
He has never come back.
Soissons--1918
[Illustration: Awaiting the signal to attack...]
Awaiting the signal to attack. The sergeant is ready to blow the whistle
for his squad to follow him out through a path in the barbed wire. In
another minute they will advance close behind the bursting shells of a
heavy barrage which, lifting, will leave them face to face with German
machine guns.
France 1917
[Illustration: "American Field Service" drivers at Longpont/1917]
[Illustration: The "Territorial"...]
The "Territorial"--the name given French poilu between the ages of 34
and 40
Vailly--1917
[Illustration: The Paris Bus...]
Noyon, 1918
The Paris Bus--many kilometers from the Place de l'Op?ra--used for
transporting troops, horses, and fresh meat to the front
FATIGUE
You can see 'em in the movies,
With the sunlight on their guns,
You can read in all the papers
Of the charge that licked the Huns,
You can read of "khaki heroes"
And of "gleaming bayonet,"
But there's one thing that the writers
And the artist all forget:
That's me!
On K.
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