. A history of Section 647, United States army ambulance service with the French army. 1*2]. CHAPTER VI WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION HE city of Nancy proved to be more entrancing than ever in itsvictory regalia. Quartered in the same park as before, we lookedup our friends, visited the places of rendezvous of the previoussummer, and investigated every suggestion of entertainment of-fered by the awakened city, and within the reach of our depletedfinances. It was the period of reaction from the war strain for thepeople of the city. All who were not too bowed by sorrow gavevent to the great relief


. A history of Section 647, United States army ambulance service with the French army. 1*2]. CHAPTER VI WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION HE city of Nancy proved to be more entrancing than ever in itsvictory regalia. Quartered in the same park as before, we lookedup our friends, visited the places of rendezvous of the previoussummer, and investigated every suggestion of entertainment of-fered by the awakened city, and within the reach of our depletedfinances. It was the period of reaction from the war strain for thepeople of the city. All who were not too bowed by sorrow gavevent to the great relief which was given by quiet nights, unattend-ed by air raids, the visit of loved ones, to be exposed no more in battle, and the prospect ofreconstruction and enlivened business, unhampered by the threat of war. It was alsothe period when the sacrifices of the French civilians became appreciated. There werethe mothers who were yet hoping that a son would miraculously appear among the pris-oners thronging into the city from the camps of Germany. There were the wives,vainly hoping for the ret


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