A Siding in Compiègne

A SIDING IN COMPIEGNE

The war is really over but the dying continues. Under orders from General Pershing, units of the AEF are pushing on Sedan, their transport ramshackle, their horses collapsing, the infantry exhausted. A U.S. patrol, led by a jittery second lieutenant, comes upon Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur and captures him as a Boche. MacArthur is furious, but when the lieutenant releases him, he laughs.

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A SIDING IN COMPIEGNE

The war is really over but the dying continues. Under orders from General Pershing, units of the AEF are pushing on Sedan, their transport ramshackle, their horses collapsing, the infantry exhausted. A U.S. patrol, led by a jittery second lieutenant, comes upon Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur and captures him as a Boche. MacArthur is furious, but when the lieutenant releases him, he laughs.