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Children of the village in front of 79th Div. Hqrs. with toys given them at festival at Y.M.C.A. Dugny, Meuse, France. Dec. 25, 1918.

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Christmas decorations in the Y.M.C.A. at Valdahon, France, 1917.

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Christmas mail arrives at Bruvans, France, 1917.


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President Wilson receiving Christmas token from French boys after having inspected billets of 26th Division. Sarrey, Hte. Marne, France. Dec. 25, 1918.

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Officers of Headquarters 79th Division, who served cocoa, sandwiches, cake, orange, nuts, grapes, cigars, and cigarettes to enlisted men of Headquarters at Y.M.C.A. Christmas night. Dugny, Meuse, France. Dec. 25, 1918.

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Christmas dinner of enlisted men at Valdahon, 1917.

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Staff Officers of 79th. Div. In Christmas decorated dining room. Dugny, Meuse, France. Dec. 25, 1918.

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German Prisoners at dinner. Camp was built exclusively for use of these men. La Pallice, Charente Inferieure, France. Dec. 25, 1918.

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Cooks of Company C, 8th Field Signal Battalion preparing their Christmas dinner at Mullernbach, Germany. Dec. 25, 1918.

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Street scene on Christmas morning, showing inhabitants and American forces stationed here, coming from church. Montabaur, Germany. Dec. 25, 1918.