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At 1pm, they had to leave again the festivities in order to continue their trip to San Francisco. On the way, the dangers of travel were displayed on the railway...
After the lunch was served by the Red Cross in Chicago, the French soldiers left again to continue on their journey and before making another stop at Clinton, Iowa: `Here...
Joseph Kessel found the best way to describe the prevailing mood in the United States of America when the local population was meeting the Poilus of France for the first...
The whole troop could only disembark the ship the following morning after unloading their gear. They were then allowed to visit the city of New York. That was when the...
The soldiers were well prepared for the adventure. Most of them were travelling with brand new trunks that they had carefully chosen. The young Lieutenant Joseph Kessel recalls: `The purchase...
Today, 100 years ago, as the world was celebrating the end of the Great War, 36 French officers and 493 French private soldiers were getting ready to travel the world...
