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I Go to France by Rail as a Doughboy Wife
The narrative follows a Arizona wife who disguises herself as a rookie soldier to join Pershing's forces. She cuts her hair, dons a khaki uniform, boards a train, survives close calls with officers, and smuggles herself onto a transport to France to care for the troops. Her dog Tuffy attempts to reveal her. Her husband urges her to return but she persists.
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Hazel Carter
Douglas
Ariz
John J. Carter
United States Army
France
Pershing
Carter
THE
Bell Syndicate
Uncle Sam
Seventh Cavalry
Eighteenth Infantry
K Company
Prideville
John
Kentucky
Tuffy
Army
Taffy
Goodby
New Mexico
Arizona
Chicago
Red Cross
C. O
Leo C. Carter
Ohio
Hoboken
Joe
New York
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