> The cry as the yanks disembarked in France in 1917 was “Lafayette, we are
> here!”
> I believe the events that followed, i.e., Second Marne, and subsequent
> altercations during the 1940s settled all the old accounts in full, except
> that the French still hold us at arms length, which, all things considered,
> is probably not a bad idea. <g>
They wouldn't allow us to be part of the Metric System either.
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