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Said one Russian officer last week, in galling but well-founded criticism: "You don't know what you want. Some of you even talk of getting out of Europe altogether. You may call us Asiatics but we live in Europe and can't leave. We know what we...
'. . . The people here are Burgundians, beautiful, proud, strong, and quite contemptuous of the ignorant American soldier who is of the opinion that every French girl is a harlot and should be treated as such. . . . We have completely misunderstood French morals and mores and they ours. We Americans are essentially...
In that same issue you speak of looting. No doubt the Russians are guilty of that. As a matter of fact, their morals in reference to property in a conquered country seem to be no higher than ours. The American soldier of all ranks has looted, and I speak only...
Sirs: . . . People who read your article will condemn the Russians for being savages and rapists but will not stop to consider the fact that our own Army and the British Army along with ours have done their share of looting and raping. . . . Germany has been picked so clean by our...
"Other fleeting impressions: the formality of relationship between ranks; inferior administrative organization as compared to ours; singing while drilling; greater emphasis on automatic fire in the infantry; wearing of medals instead of ribbons; absence of signs indicating the particular units stationed in the vicinity, which are very conspicuous with us...