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MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE “MERCI TRAIN II:” THE FRENCH RESPONSE TO DREW PEARSON’S FRIENDSHIP TRAIN #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 #MDFDEFriendsOfTheMerciTrainFranceUSA
Paris, France, Monday, October 18, 1948: Shown above at the Gare Saint-Lazare, one of the French capital’s main train stations, are two SNCF workmen putting the finishing touches on one of the forty-nine “Merci Train” WWI boxcars of the...