Transcribe
Translate
Conger Reynolds correspondence, May 1918
1918-05-15 Conger Reynolds to Daphe Reynolds Page 3
More information
digital collection
archival collection guide
transcription tips
and shook hands with each. I had hoped to see the kiss on both cheeks, but we have made so much fun of this part of the French ceremony that the generals are quitting it I guess. Anyway the general today omitted it. A review of the troops followed. Our troops were from units that have been fighting in trenches. They looked like fighting men. The French troops were more showy though. In their flowing blue coats and blue helmets with long bayonets above them in flashing line they were a sight worth seeing. One looked upon them as upon a something in which individuals were lost in the unified mass. It was
Saving...
prev
next
and shook hands with each. I had hoped to see the kiss on both cheeks, but we have made so much fun of this part of the French ceremony that the generals are quitting it I guess. Anyway the general today omitted it. A review of the troops followed. Our troops were from units that have been fighting in trenches. They looked like fighting men. The French troops were more showy though. In their flowing blue coats and blue helmets with long bayonets above them in flashing line they were a sight worth seeing. One looked upon them as upon a something in which individuals were lost in the unified mass. It was
World War I Diaries and Letters
sidebar
