Photo by Signal Corps
SAILING DAY AT ST. NAZAIRE
Photo by Signal Corps
TRANSPORT MAUI LOADING AT ST. NAZAIRE
The A. E. F. sold most of its property in Europe. The cargo transports brought home about 850,000 tons of military freight—a small fraction of the property held by the expedition at the time of the armistice. The goods were sold abroad at a loss, the average recovery being considerably under that received from the sale of similar goods in the United States. Yet it was good policy to do what was done. Europe needed the supplies and we needed the ship-space for other purposes. If the materials had been returned to the United States for sale, out of the proceeds would have had to be deducted the transportation cost; and the Government was little, if anything, out of pocket by the transaction.
Photo by Signal Corps
SOUVENIRS OF HIS SERVICE
