My maternal grandfather did 2 1/2 years on the Somme in WW1 as a surgeon with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was an American but volunteered anyway. Somewhere around here I have a commendation for his hospital signed by King George V.
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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)