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91. Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
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President of the United States during the War, and the acknowledged leader of the Allied Nations after America entered the war.
92. Field kitchens
Field kitchens
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For feeding the men in the trenches, on the firing line and during active operations special field kitchens were used which could be easily moved from place to place. Each stove was capable of cooking food for several hundred men.
93. Loading supplies in a truck for the front
Loading supplies in a truck for the front
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These trucks with their covered wagon boxes resembled, in all but motive power, the prairie schooners of the frontier days when the settlers and gold seekers crossed our country.
94. When do we eat
When do we eat
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There wasn't always a great variety and often there wasn't an overly great amount but there was universal joy just the same when the mess call sounded.
95. Mess just behind the first line trenches
Mess just behind the first line trenches
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When mess was served in an active sector, around the steaming camp kitchens it was even more welcome.
96. Destruction of the Albatross
Destruction of the Albatross
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An artist's conception of a battle in the air, and of the destruction and burning of a German airplane.
97. D. Haig introducing Pertab Singh
D. Haig introducing Pertab Singh
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Sir Douglas Haig introducing Pertab Singh to Marshal Joffre.
98. Typical mode of transportation, France
Typical mode of transportation, France
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Here we see the little freight cars with a capacity, as advertised, of forty men or eight horses. Certainly there wasn't any room left over after five squads got into one of the cars as many of us who have slept a' la sardine recall.
99. The idol of the country folk
The idol of the country folk
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This soldier was able to talk French and here he is spreading glowing descriptions of the wonder of America. The group of French women are taking it all in, thrills and facts, especially the thrills. This scene will bring back many familiar memories to many ex-service men.
100. Flowers for the Soldats Americaine
Flowers for the Soldats Americaine
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Here we see a motor truck carrying American soldiers stopped by French children offering flowers. Especially in the early days when the "Soldats Americaine" were novel and even in later days, when American troops passed through a French village a sort of holiday was declared.
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