MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: THE “MERCI TRAIN:” 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRENCH RESPONSE TO THE FRIENDSHIP TRAIN II #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 #MDFDEFriendsOfTheMerciTrainFranceUSA
Paris, France, 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 “Hommes...