WWI - Occupation of Chemin des Dames Sector, 06Feb-27Mar18 R2 of 2

WWI - Occupation of Chemin des Dames Sector, 06Feb-27Mar18 R2 of 2 US Troops alongside supply wagons; 102nd Infantry cooks prepare meal in a field kitchen. Cutting & butchering meat, splitting fire wood, cooking under camouflage netting. Food put on wagon & taken to soldiers in trenches. Soldiers eating. GOOD. 01:03:21 Destroyed village & defoliation in shell-pocked countryside near Chemin des Dames. Troops walk about inspecting ruins. Troops dig as others watch; trenches. 01:06:31 102nd Inf. HQ at Fort Malmaison; 103rd Inf. HQ at Francinette. Caves & trenches w/ sandbags. 01:07:44 General P.E. Traub conferring w/ French officers overlooking valley. Men walk in trench. Car down very bumpy, rutted road. Troops talking, smoking. Hilllside encampment; relaxing. Heavily fortified HQ. Cooking over small outdoor cook fire. 01:12:05 Gen. Pershing at 26th Div. HQ, Couvrelles. Into car w/ other officers. Inspecting. 01:12:44 Supply wagon pulled by mules across steel bridge. Ammunition & supply trains being unloaded at Vailly. Wagon load of bread unloaded. Crates of supplies stacked in field. Crates unloaded from truck (brief).