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French prisoners

After the Armistice was signed many French prisoners of war were turned loose near Verdun to shift for themselves. There were quite a few around our billets and we tried to feed as many as we could. Some of them were pretty well discouraged with their homes gone, families scattered and not knowing what the future held for them. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

General Harrison at National Guard Memorial

From left to right: General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chief of Staff, United States Army, former Senator Edward Martin; unidentified person; Governor J. Caleb Boggs, Delaware, (appears under the District of Columbia National Guard Officer Candidate's arm); Major General Milton A. Reckord (appears under the District of Columbia National Guard Officer Candidate's arm); Major General William H. Harrison, Jr. at the dedication of the National Guard Memorial in Washington, D.C.