Soldiers’ WWI Memoir from France to Belfort Journey
A wartime diary recounts treks from Le Havre to Les Loumes and Hericourt to Fontaine near Belfort. The author notes rest camps in rain, boxing into crowded freight cars, trench proximity, air battles, a truck crew’s hunger strike, and a flu outbreak affecting 22 of 77 men.
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