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Letters From E R Gentry In France Describe War Front Tours
In a December 11 1918 missive from near Dijon Gentry recounts three months at a large Y M C A hut serving twenty five thousand troops and visits to Nancy Toul and Bar le Duc. He describes air raids on Nancy the hot baths for troops and the joyous return of British POWs then plans for occupation duty in Germany and a Thanksgiving in Paris with the King and Poincare parade and the Concorde displays.
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Edgar
Nice
Dijon
Paris
Department
Cote Dor
Golden Elope
France
Nancy
Lorraine
Verdun
Rheims
Y. Mlc. A
Toul
Peyton Reynolds
Bradley Brown
Barle
Duc
Metz
Ymén
Brench
M. P’s
George
Poincare
Place de la Concorde
Placé de la Concorde
Louis XVI
Marie-Antoinette
Army of Occupation
Germany
Rhine
Y. M C.A
Bate