The intended readership of this article were the recently demobilized and newly initiated members of the American Legion, who might have had a tough time picturing a Paris that was largely free of swaggering, gum-chewing Doughboys gallivanting down those broad boulevards, but that is what this journalist, Marquis James (1891 – 1955) reported. At the time of this printing, the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Force) had been shaved down from 4,000,000 to half that number and re-christened the A.F.F. (American Forces in France) and the A.F.G. (American Forces in Germany). With a good bit of humor, the article concentrates on the antics of the American Third Army in Germany as they performed their “Bolshevist busting” duties in the Coblenz region.
Read the thoughts of one W.W. I veteran who regrets having gone to war…
