Dortoir established by the AMERICAN RED CROSS at Pau for soldiers of the Allied nations who are passing through Pau. Here any soldier is furnished free of charge with a comfortable bed for the night

American soldiers being given dinner in a garden of one of the AMERICAN RED CROSS worker's at Pau. This is an unexpected side of the war which is very much appreciated by American soldiers

A corner of AMERICAN RED CROSS Canteen at Pau, showing an American Red Cross worker carrying coffee from kitchen to Allied soldiers, arriving by midnight train

American Red Cross workers in the storehouse at Pau. This is the center from which the American Red Cross sends blankets furniture and supplies of many kinds to the nearby refugee settlements at Lourdes, Eaubonne, etc

A siesta. American soldier resting outside American Red Cross military hospital No. 6, a complete portable tent hospital put up by the American Red Cross at Auteuil, Paris, on the site of what was before the war a celebrated race course

The American Red Cross took over the Hotel du Louve, Paris, for Officers of the American Expeditionary Forces. Every comfort has been provided for the guests, who are on leave or just passing through the city. The lounging room is shown here, spacious and comfortable

This American soldier finds life pleasant in the American Red Cross military hospital No. 6, is a complete portable tent hospital put up by the American Red Cross at Auteuil, Paris, on the site of what was before the war a celebrated race course

Dortoir established by the AMERICAN RED CROSS at Pau for soldiers of the Allied nations who are passing through Pau. Here any soldier is furnished free of charge with a comfortable bed for the night

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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: M. Guerin.
Group title: L.O.C. Canteens.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 33

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