Cleaning up day. Served 500 cups of coffee at night. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the original diary entry. Likely location: Demange-aux-Eaux, Meuse, France 📍 View this location on Google Maps By November 1917, the AEF training zone was fully established. American soldiers were learning trench warfare … Continue reading Monday, November 12, 1917
Month: November 1917
Sunday, November 4, 1917
My first bath since I reached Montiers. It was taken in a place fashioned off with canvas, and the tub was a wash basin but I got clean. Had meeting this morning with a few of the soldiers, a very good meeting. The 15th Psalm. Gave a sick soldier a cup of tea … Continue reading Sunday, November 4, 1917
Saturday, November 3, 1917
Cooking, made pies and donuts. Watched the French troops go by. It is interesting the way they hitch their horses, in tandem, one after the other, and the stoves on wheels. The poor men looked tired but cheerful. It was a long line of wagons, horses, and men on foot. Then the town crier came … Continue reading Saturday, November 3, 1917
Friday, November 2, 1917
A very heavy misty day. We made cookies and donuts most all day. Rolled them with a grape juice bottle and cut them with a baking powder can and the holes with a funnel. Can’t get many things here in the line of cooking utensils. The French like the American cooking. More Information The following … Continue reading Friday, November 2, 1917
Thursday, November 1, 1917
Some of the men slept in the barn and did their best at making a noise. A very busy day and a very busy night. The boys like pie, donuts, and coffee. One of the men from the front was telling me about a bomb that landed in front of his car, and … Continue reading Thursday, November 1, 1917
Diary of a World War I Donut Girl 