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The War as Seen by Roosevelt In France Billeting Tales
Theodore Roosevelt recounts his first trench and air raid experiences with the Twenty-sixth Infantry in France. He sketches billeting in French barns, clashes with villagers, cocky sergeants, and comic yet tragic episodes as troops adapt to field life, patrols, and early war hardships.
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France
United States
Europe
Stephen Leacock
Murphy
Sergeant Murphy
Barrett
Daniel Boone
Boviolles
Peter
Nancy
Paris
Charles the Bold
Burgundy
Louis XI
Ponta-Mouzcon
Pont-a-Mowron
Central Square
Loy
Pont-a
Mousson
Pershing
Twenty-sixth
Jim
Ford
Lyman S. Frazier
Montdidier