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Sergeant Kennedy’s Paris Mail Romance Ends in City Home
In Paris during World War I a U S sergeant wins a romance with Camp Hospital 121 telephone operator Mlle Yvonne Dumont. Letters from American readers flood the ward, sparking a media overrun and a farewell transport plan as the couple plan marriage before his return home.
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Hospital Americian
James J. Kennedy
Gen. Pershing
P.E.S
Postal Express Service
Mediteranee
Kennedy
Mademoiselle
Rue Boileau
Auteuil
Metro
Entrez
Monsower
Sergt. Kennedy
States
Seret
Fellows
Brest
France
Hindenburg Line
Manhattan Transfer
Paris
Hotel Champs Elysees
Mlle
Yvonne Dumont
Camp Hospital
Verdun
Rheims
Mess