Life, 1927-09-08 · page 13 of 36
Life — September 8, 1927 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes the American Legion's post-war presence in Paris. The top cartoon shows Legion members from Chicago marching past the Benjamin Franklin statue—a joke about American veterans abroad treating Paris like a tourist attraction. The bottom cartoons mock specific Legion posts' activities: one legionnaire makes a "mental reservation" about the U.S. Constitution at Harry's New York Bar, while sergeants from the 1st Arrondissement collect an "unknown soldier" at the Ritz Bar. The satire targets the Legion's behavior in Paris—suggesting members were more interested in drinking and carousing at American-style establishments than in serious international fellowship. The phrase "greatest friendship" is therefore ironic, mocking their actual conduct.
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Legion in Paris national Friendship the World Has Ever Seen LEGIONNAIRE EGBERT M. FRAME, OF CHICAGO ELEVATED Post No, 18h, FIRST PRIZE ER FOR LARGEST POST-WAR FAMILY OF FUTURE RED-CROSS NURSES AND BUDDIES, MARCHES PAST THE STATUE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN THE RUE FRANKLIN, LEGIONN MRE ARCHER K. LATTICE, OF EX- CELSIOR SPRINGS POST NO. 177, MAKES A MENTAL RESERVATION TO HIS OATIL OF SERGENTS DE VILLE CAMILLE DUPONT AND TIP- FEALTY TO THE CONSTITUTION OF TILE POLYTE NOEL, OF THE Ist AMRONDISSEMENT, UNITED STATES BEFORE HARRY’S NEW- COLLECT AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER BEFORE THE YORK BAR IN THE RUE DAUNOU. RITZ BAR IN THE RUE CAMBON comicbooks.com