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Excerpt from The Red Cross Girls With Pershing to Victory Over the entire American camp there was an atmosphere Of relaxation, of cheer fulness, Of duty accomplished. The eleventh of November having passed, with the armistice signed, the American soldiers in France were now awaiting orders either to return home to the United States or else to march toward the Rhine. In this particular neighborhood of Chateau Thierry no word had yet been received as to what units were to form a part of the American Army of Occupation, only the information that the units were to be chosen with regard to their military accomplish ments Since their arrival in France. Therefore the heroes Of Chateau - Thierry and Of Belleau Woods, of St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest were ready to accept whatever fate sent, Home, or The Watch on the Rhine. Finally ending his song the Singer stood up; he was wearing the uniform of the United States Marines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.