tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post194527203374140702..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: La Baïonnette and France Welcome the Sammiessnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-53711771477882327242018-03-03T12:39:23.928-08:002018-03-03T12:39:23.928-08:00Great site and promotion of this magazine, Tony. S...Great site and promotion of this magazine, Tony. Stumbled across it, searching for the lyric to La Baionette, with its satirical lyric. Keep up the fine work! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393907570217483990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-66003252075658813792015-03-12T23:54:46.550-07:002015-03-12T23:54:46.550-07:00It has been many years since I’ve read “All Quiet ...It has been many years since I’ve read “All Quiet on the Western Front”. I seem to recall the protagonist in a shell crater with a Frenchman that he either killed or who was already dead; looking through the man’s pockets he found among other items a document that said he was a printer in civilian life. Now reading this very good article I see that as a printer this man could have gotten off Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-68525705687320133912015-03-12T17:57:40.919-07:002015-03-12T17:57:40.919-07:00Tony, did you take these photos yourself are they ...Tony, did you take these photos yourself are they digitized somewhere online?Jon Eakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414530560638978243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-6791557267396108802015-03-12T10:30:17.705-07:002015-03-12T10:30:17.705-07:00Note that this is a published instance of the Amer...Note that this is a published instance of the Americans being called "Sammies". Eventually, though, "Doughboy" won out.Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227689140802527932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-89365524060696195682015-03-12T07:27:55.932-07:002015-03-12T07:27:55.932-07:00On the last caption, "SALE AFFAIRE," a m...On the last caption, "SALE AFFAIRE," a more accurate translation would be "a dirty affair" or "dirty business." The Germans are doing vile stuff in the dark, it seems, until exposed by the American light.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.com