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The Project Gutenberg EBook of "I was there", by C. LeRoy Baldridge This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: "I was there" with the Yanks in France. Author: C. LeRoy Baldridge Release Date: May 29, 2005 [EBook #15937] Last updated: January 27, 2009 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK "I WAS THERE" *** Produced by David Cortesi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "I was there" with the Yanks in France Sketches by C. LeRoy Baldridge Private, A.E.F. [Illustration: Audsurade Belgium - Nov. 11/1918] "I WAS THERE" WITH THE YANKS ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1917-1919 BY C. LEROY BALDRIDGE PVT. A.E.F. TOGETHER WITH VERSES BY HILMAR R. BAUKHAGE PVT. A.E.F. G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1919 Copyright, 1919 BY C. LEROY BALDRIDGE TO OUR MOTHERS Ours the Great Adventure, Yours the pain to bear, Ours the golden service stripes, Yours the marks of care. If all the Great Adventure The old Earth ever knew, Was ours and in this little book 'Twould still belong to you! PREFACE These Sketches were made during a year's service as a camion driver with the French amry in the Chemin-des-Dames sector and a year's service with the A.E.F. as an infantry private on special duty with "The Stars and Stripes," the official A.E.F. newspaper. Most of them were drawn at odd minutes during the French push of 1917 near Fort Malmaison, at loading parks and along the roadside while on truck convoy, and while on special permission to draw and paint with the French army given me by the Grand Quartier G
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