Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0182Description
A black and whtie stereograph. Image is of a group of soldiers, two men in the front hold infants while standing beside two women. Above the image "W296 (Star)" is printed, below the image "19153 Happy Reunion for Home-coming Soldier Fathers." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
19153
HAPPY REUNION FOR SOLDIER FATHERS
Here are some of the men who stopped the German in his tracks at Chateau-Thierry and held him like iron for thirty-six terrible days, who smashed his right flank at Soissons (pronunciation), drove him out of St. Hihiel, beat him from his famous trenches in Champagne, and finally saved the world in the murderous Meuse Argonne (pronunciation) forest, hacking their way with machetes (pronunciation) trough dense undergrowth, in rain and mud, without fire, often without food, but ever going forward, grim and determined, resolved to make the world safe for democracy, safe for the loved ones at home.
Now they are home again, among those loved ones, the gloomy days in France a fading dream. In happy reunion they stand, proud fathers of babes born during the war - on the left, the American doughboy, the finest type of fighting man the world has ever esen ; to the right, the gallant officer who led him and who shared his perils, hardships and triumphs. By them stand the wives who bravely, yet in fear and trembling, sent them forth. In the arms of the soldiers are cradled the babes they saved form tyranny of Germany.
The pleasure the men feel in being once again in their home town, among friends and kindred, is reflected in their faces. Through many weary months they have looked forward to this hour. At least it has come. Their duty done, they are free to gather up the scattered threads of life and wave them into a happy future, untroubled by thought of war.
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