"8/21/ Move tent in rain-0-latrine
French baby
From Lu's memoirs: My Journal noted on the 21st that I moved my tent in the rain and helped dig an officer's latrine, also that I saw a farmer's baby dressed in an elaborate lace dress and cap. We really were welcomed into their farm cottages and they were delighted to show us their treasured heirlooms, passed down for many generations. The whole atmosphere on the Brittany Peninsula (except for the effect of the war) was that of 17th century rural France, stone cottages, hedgerow lined fields, plow oxen, high wheel carts and almost no farm machinery.
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