First Impressions of France
F or First Lieutenant Walter C. Blalock of the 4 th Division, his first impressions of France were those of appreciating its beauties while lamenting its wartime poverty. " France is living with three meatless days and no white bread on any day," wrote Blalock. "Water has to be advertised to have it drunk, but that doesn’t mean the people are all drunkards. They drink a sweet wine at all times and a non-intoxicating beer, so the American soldier is O.K. as far as booze is concerned. It is impossible for him to buy anything except the light wines and light beer and I have yet to see a drunk American." " Walks on the Boulevard that runs along the coast were the most popular form of amusement for we Americanos, as we are called. The children are as pretty and cute as we find in our own states and soon discover that the American soldiers are their friends and most every soldier has a little girl or boy for their playmates. Personally, I picked out a ...
