Transcribe
Translate
American Legion Convention in Paris, September 1927
Legion Convention Page 6
More information
digital collection
archival collection guide
transcription tips
-6- to adequacy along this line. And the greeting to Black Jack, whose popularity has grown with the years since the war, was fully as hearty. He slowly drew from his pocket a pair of glasses and began reading his more extended address, the contents of which have already been published throughout the world. Salvos of applause were frequent as he outlined America's part in the war, not bountifully or with a minimizing of the French part but with a basic assumption that a [orgins?] existed when United States entered the war and that victory hung in the balance. It was an [shaker?] to those who have charged America with tardiness in entering. None of his remarks were more enthusiastically received than his insistence that pillage and murder among nations are no less a crime than theft or murder among individuals. He saw the way to perpetual peace in the World thru just such affiliations and friendships as was being exemplified by the French and Americans in this convention. It was a matter of frequent remark that General Pershing had apparently recovered from the illness which seized him a year or two ago and caused his retirement from an ambassadorial mission in
Saving...
prev
next
-6- to adequacy along this line. And the greeting to Black Jack, whose popularity has grown with the years since the war, was fully as hearty. He slowly drew from his pocket a pair of glasses and began reading his more extended address, the contents of which have already been published throughout the world. Salvos of applause were frequent as he outlined America's part in the war, not bountifully or with a minimizing of the French part but with a basic assumption that a [orgins?] existed when United States entered the war and that victory hung in the balance. It was an [shaker?] to those who have charged America with tardiness in entering. None of his remarks were more enthusiastically received than his insistence that pillage and murder among nations are no less a crime than theft or murder among individuals. He saw the way to perpetual peace in the World thru just such affiliations and friendships as was being exemplified by the French and Americans in this convention. It was a matter of frequent remark that General Pershing had apparently recovered from the illness which seized him a year or two ago and caused his retirement from an ambassadorial mission in
World War II Diaries and Letters
sidebar
