• View of the interior of a Foyer du Soldat, somewhere in France during World War I. French soldiers sit at tables and read or write letters. The foyer is heated by a wood stove and the YMCA secretary has decorated the hut with pictures and flags. Source: Whitehair, Out There, 1918, 252B.

Source: Whitehair, Out There, 1918, 252B.

From Pursuit of an "unparalleled opportunity": American YMCA and prisoner of war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923 by Kenneth Steuer

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