On an order from General Pershing's headquarters, Brent has been tasked with going into Germany ahead of the main army to scout for suitable areas to establish operations for the Motor Transport Corps. He describes in detail his journey through Alsace and Luxembourg to the city of Coblenz. The German civilians are glad to see the Americans and the soldiers cooperate but are arrogant. He describes meeting with American and German officers, as well as their lodgings in Coblenz. In comparison to war-torn France and cold, dark England, the German countryside is untouched by war and all the homes are warm and lit. He describes German men as "gross and stupid," German women as "not pretty, as they are in France," and the children as fine except when fighting or running wild in the street. He describes past times while in school or in the army where suffered bad treatment from Germans and feels these previous experiences are the norm. Germans make poor friends but good enemies, and he doesn't understand why they would have wanted to leave their home and "ruin the rest of the world."
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