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

Titolo: How U. S. soldiers' uniforms where washed when they were on the front
Oggetto: en Technology; en Other
Article Title and/or Image Caption: Those Wash-Days in Flanders
extracted 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.
Autore secondario: International Film Service (Image copyright)
Lingua: eng
Copertura temporale: Interwar period
Data di rilascio: 1919-01
pagine: 34
Diritti: Public domain (Google digitized)
Sorgente: Google Books
Referenzia: Flanders
Archived by: Davide Donà; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Copertura territoriale: Flanders; Western Front of World War I