1919 First Ed.: "I was There" w/ the Yanks on the Western Front by C. Baldridge

As shown. See all photos. Belonged to my maternal grandfather. Exterior has seen better days. No dust jacket. Talented work. Verses by Hilmar R. Baukhage. 11 1/2" x 8 3/8 x 3/4"

“Cyrus Leroy Baldridge (May 27, 1889–June 6, 1977) traveled with the German army in the beginning as a war correspondent and illustrator, and later as part of both the French and American campaigns, traveling through occupied Belgium and France on bicycle, horse cart and horseback until his money ran out and he returned to Chicago. He had walked among piles of dead soldiers and lines of innocent people filling the roads after their homes had been destroyed. Using a German letter of passage, he interacted with conquered and their conquerors.”

“Hilmar Robert Baukhage (January 7, 1889–January 31, 1976) was an American journalist and broadcaster known to the public as H. R. Baukhage. Baukhage served on the Army newspaper Stars and Stripes in Paris during WWI, where he covered the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.”