Willard Mary Frances - Serving The Doughboy Letters Of A Ymca Worker In France 1918 - 1919 - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Mary Frances Willard a public - school principal from Chicago was one of thousands of American women who served as welfare workers for U. S. troops in France during World War I. During the war's final months she operated a canteen and post exchange in Troyes attended to convalescing servicemen arranged their burials and wrote letters to their families. After the Armistice she headed canteen operations in Le Mans for hundreds of thousands of returning servicemen in embarkation camps. In her final months in France she toured battlefields and the decimated towns along the Western Front. Presented in historical context her weekly letters home - - from August 1918 through July 1919 - - relate stories of her service to the doughboys and her interactions with French citizens.
Title: Serving The Doughboy Letters Of A Ymca Worker In France 1918 - 1919
Author(s): Willard Mary Frances, James J. Marquardt
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476692647
Pages: 278 Pages, 3 Photos, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 1/4/2024
Category: First World War