The Aisne Marne Operation in France. American soldiers stand relaxed, many smoking, and pose for the camera.. Ruins of wooden building in the background. Another group of soldiers poses. Woods in background. (World War I, World War 1, WWI, WW1)
The Aisne Marne Operation of World War 1 in France. United States 47th Infantry troops ride mule carts on a street in Fresnes. Trucks follow them. Crowd in the field. American soldier passes on muddy road. Trucks and carts in the field. Soldiers in the field.
The Aisne Marne Operation in France during World War 1. U.S. Army units in Missy-aux-Bois. Infantry walk with rifles in grassy field. A French Saint-Chamond tank is seen moving in the background.
The Aisne Marne Operation in France during World War 1. U.S. Army 4th Division troops walk on muddy road in Sergy. Soldiers ride horse cart. Luggage on cart. Soldiers walk along horse carts. Smoke rises from a smokestack on a horsecart serving as a rolling kitchen or galley. Doughboy soldiers rest beside road. Grass in the field.
The Aisne Marne Operation in France. U.S. Army 4th Infantry troops stand besides a truck in Sergy. A soldier writes in a notebook. Other soldiers stand besides him and watch. Two of the soldiers sitting on rocks, with one of them showing the note book to the other. The two soldiers smoke pipes and discuss what is written in the book.
The scene is on a hill top overlooking the plateau along the Marne River where the Battle of the Marne took place 18 years earlier. The occasion is the presentation, from the people of the United States, of a 130 foot high granite monument, commemorating the heroic defense by French troops in the Battle of the Marne. The monument, designed by Frederick MacMonnies, depicts La Belle France, supporting a wounded French infantryman, and was reportedly underwritten in part, by the contributions of pennies, nickles, and dimes from four million school children in the United States. French and American officials unveil the monument. Numerous spectators stand by to cheer and applaud. Armed soldiers hold national flags and salute in honor. U.S. Ambassador to France, Walter Evans Edge, gives presentation speech, as other dignitaries and people listen. (Note: At the time of this event, this was the largest carved granite monolith monument in the world, and viewed, by many Americans, as a gift of thanks to France for the statue of Liberty.)
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