The French Printed World War I Issues of American Expeditionary Forces

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Grouping of 29 issues of The Stars and Stripes, issued in France for the American Expeditionary Forces, with issues starting with Volume 1 Issue 1, February 8, 1918 and finishes with issue May 16, 1919, published weekly, 8pp., disbound, all are very good. Included is Volume 1 Issue 1, February 8, 1918 with front page photo and message commander-in-chief John J. Pershing; Feb. 15: America Drops Political Game to Win the War; Feb. 22: Medals approved for bravery, meritorious service; March 1: Along the Lorraine Line; March 8: Six men receive Croiz de Guerre; March 15: Americans make first raids into German trenches; March 22: Britain’s Premier David George greets AEF; March 29: Soldiers encouraged to adopt/maintain war orphans; April 5: President Wilson’s WAR ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS to the AEF; April 12: Photo collage of war orphans adopted; April 19: Large line illustration, “The Yanks Are Coming”; April 26: Hun attack smashed by Yankee Defenders; May 3: Soldiers urged to send letter home to mother for Mother’s Day; May 10: Large line illustration of Statue of Liberty, “The Girl We’re All Fighting For”; Feb. 7, 1919: Vol. 2 No. 1, illustration of Doughboy; Feb. 14: Large line illustration of the “girl back home”; Feb. 21: Large illustration of President Wilson reading League of Nations presentation; Feb. 28: Photo of homebound troops boarding SS Magnolia; March 7: Illustration of children at play, “The Most Interested Members of the League of Nations”; March 14: 59,209 Set Sail in AEF’s best going-home week; March 21: Bitter Fighting After First Rush of Argonne Drive; March 28: American Airmen Felled 755 Planes, 71 Boche Balloons; April 14: All Combat Troops Except Third Army Will Sail By July; April 11: Defense Broken in Final Lunges at Line of Meuse; April 18: Ribbons for AEF Soon, Designs of Medals Announced; April 25: Yanks Advancing East of Meuse on Eve of Armistice; May 2: Engineers’ Work Sped Doughboys Toward Victory; May 9: Germany Faced With Peace Pact Dictated by Victor Nations; May 16: Victory Loan Is Oversubscribed By Safe Margin.

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