BRITAINS SOLDIERS 23128 - ""Welcome!"" French Village Man Greeting U.S. Infantry
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A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION!!!\n\nFOR COLLECTORS OF 14 YEARS +, THIS IS A DETAILED SCALE MODEL PRODUCED BY WILLIAM BRITAINS (FAMOUS FOR YEARS OF PRODUCING METAL \""TOY\"" SOLDIERS).\n\nBRITAINS SOLDIERS 23128 - \""Welcome!\"" French Village Man Greeting U.S. Infantry\nThe Great War marked the first time in history the United States sent soldiers abroad to defend foreign soil. The French ecstatically welcomed the first wave of soldiers. \u201CVive l\u2019Ame\u0300rique!\u201D came the shouts at the edge of a Boulogne pier as Pershing steamed into port. In an emotional arrival ceremony at the Marquis de Lafayette\u2019s tomb, Col. Charles E. Stanton declared to the crowd, \u201CLafayette, we are here!\u201D suggesting Americans had come to repay an old debt to the French dating back to when the colonies stood virtually alone in the American Revolution. The war weary French civilians were curious to meet Uncle Sam\u2019s soldiers greeting them as;
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