How U. S. soldiers' uniforms where washed when they were on the front

Title (Dublin Core): How U. S. soldiers' uniforms where washed when they were on the front
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Other
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Those Wash-Days in Flanders
extracted text (Extract Text): “THIS husky standing by the machine is not a mechanic—he
"Was a “washerwoman.” His wash-tubs were the two big
drums behind the engine, and in them he |
washed mud-, blood-, cootie-covered shirts
and trousers for Yankee soldiers.
He would run his massive truck close up
to the front lines, and dump the dirty
uniforms into boiling water in the drums.
Thus he kept the army clean and un-
cootied.
The rifle on the front of his car was just |

a precaution in case the Germans couldn't
resist the temptation to come over to steal
the Monday wash.
Contributor (Dublin Core): International Film Service (Image copyright)
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): Interwar period
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1919-01
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 94, n. 1, 1919
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 34
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
References (Dublin Core): Flanders
Archived by (Dublin Core): Davide Donà; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): Flanders; Western Front of World War I