“April 20 1918 – A quiet day at Bois Sacré. The Brancardiers are all old friends and insist that we eat with them. They make a lot of
special dishes themselves and they are a jolly, hilarious crowd, particularly
the red beard, M. Cancel with his rich rolling patois. It
is curious to live in an abri as we lose all sense of time. There is nothing
to indicate whether it is noon or midnight outside and we don’t really much
care – unless we have
to roll!”
American ambulance driver’s diary
in the Champagne Hills sector, France – The Diary of Jerome
Preston – Photo: 1918, American and French soldiers in an abri. La
Contemporaine, France.