Excerpt from 639th Aero Squadron Book: Being a Record of the Squadron's Activities, With Brief Biographical Sketches of Its Members; Organized September, 1917; With A. E. F., January, 1918, to May, 1919; Demobilized June, 1919 Hunger and thirst were among our first thoughts. Water happened to be plentiful and soon each man had his canteen filled, but food was another propo sitiou. One fellow managed to locate a bakery where he made known that he desired a loaf of bread. In payment he threw down a good American dollar bill, but received no change. Thinking this price rather high, he said nothing, but walked out wondering if prices for all articles in France were in proportion. Since then he has received considerable education in regard to such matters. Food in any quantity was not obtainable at the sta tion, but some good American Red Cross nurses showered us with apples from over the wall on the street above, and also lightened our appetites bv allow ing us to feast our eves on some real American girls doing their bit in the war. Soon after mid-day we were loaded upon the cars with our rations of hard tack, tomatoes, corn willie, beans, and a little jam. The distribution of these articles was in charge of the mess sergeant, who endeavored to place equal quantities of each article in every car; but as a matter of fact some cars fared better on jam than did others. Nevertheless, his intentions were good, although the distribution could be criticized somewhat, also his c0n dition as to equilibrium. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.