Sept 28 Convo-0830
Beautiful morning-Chateau Neuf, Maintenon, Ebenon, Ramboulet-Left main rd. Came back on above St. Cyr-Railway yds-bombed out, Versailles, Paris, Le Bourget, Senlis, Campelgne, Noxon, Ham, St Quinten, Hombieres-
Bivouacked on ridge-went after gas in G. M. C. till 2400 without supper-didn't find any-
went past palace of Versailles-
Crossed Seine into Large park-Saw Eiffel tower, Le Bourget field.
Saw 3 truck loads German prisoners. Some looked like Japs or mongols.
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| Photo taken by Lu |
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| Photo taken by Lu |
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| Photo taken by Lu |
Battalion History: As usual the distance between the towns was covered at a moderate rate of speed, but when the convoy reached Paris it speeded up until it looked as if drivers had been promised a case of beer for each mile per hour over a safe and sane limit.
Paris! Great God, what a town! Though the convoy was carefully routed around the high rent district and our only view of the Eiffel Tower was a long one, there was plenty to look at: or maybe we'd just been out in the tall uncut too long.
We'll remember: Big apartment houses, with good-looking women hanging out of every window. (Well, tht's the way it looked to us!) Women with makeup on, the first we'd seen en mass since leaving the States. Women with smooth-looking hair-do's. Women with short skirts. Women with good-looking legs. Women! The young GI who remarked that "even the older women look well groomed, " and replied when asked how he put a woman in the "older women"class, "Oh, anyone over 80!" MP's outshouting the French gendarmes, who in turn were shouting at drivers of civilian trucks. The palace at Versailles, the ride along the Seine. Le Bourget airfield, where Lindbergh landed.
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