#338 • I Was There! 1919 WWI Yanks in France Book

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This is a 1919 first edition of 'I Was There! With the Yanks in France,' featuring sketches made on the Western Front between 1917-1919 by Pvt. C. LeRoy Baldridge, A.E.F., with verse by Pvt. Hilmar R. Baukhage, A.E.F. Published by The Lafayette C., Paris, this volume offers firsthand artistic and literary impressions of American soldiers in World War I France. The front cover includes personal handwriting, "Aunt Martha's Sister 1974." Original price noted as five francs. This copy provides a rare glimpse into WWI history. jrb.