Relations of American Soldiers With French People Commented On By General Pershing As He "Settles Down" At Chaumont, 1931
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AM1992.26.3
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Relations of American Soldiers With French People Commented On By General Pershing As He "Settles Down" At Chaumont, 1931.
Commenting in chapter 10 of his memoirs, "My Experiences in the World War," on the relations between the American soldiers and the French people, General Pershing writes that they were always considerate and friendly, despite the free spending of the Yanks, which caused prices for many commodities to rise above the level usually paid by the natives. At this time (July 1917), the general had moved to his headquarters at Chaumont which was adjacent to the area chosen for the American army's campaign against the Germans. He was fortunate in obtaining a charming French residence Val des Ecoliers, near Chaumont, for his own home. The photograph at the top shows an American soldier assisting some French women in harvesting a crop. Val des Ecoliers is shown at the bottom left. At the lower right is an artist's sketch of a scene all too frequent at sea in those days, when the German submarines were causing frightful losses in merchant shipping and placing doubt on the ability of the allied nations to find enough tonnage to transport the American army to France.
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American Soldiers in France, World War I, Pershing, John J., World War I, U.S. Army
