• British soldiers line up outside the Queen Alexandra Association hut in England. The British YMCA opened huts across the breadth of the kingdom to provide soldiers and sailors wholesome entertainment while they were off duty or on leave. Source: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms, 1:4 (15 September 1915): 30B.

Source: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms, 1:4 (15 September 1915): 30B.

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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