America in World War I: In the royal reviewing stand as the military of all...

In the royal reviewing stand as the military of all the Allied nations swept by in the London Victory Parade, July 19, 1919. Left to right, ex-King Manuel of Portugal, the ex-Queen of Portugal, Marshal Foch, General Pershing, King George, Queen Mary and the Dowager Queen Alexandria. The parade was six miles long. The Americans wearing their trench helmets, came first and were wildly received by the populace. Each of the 3,500 Yankee soldiers had been chosen for his height and soldierly bearing and they had been drilled together for three months for the Victory Parades. "Pershing's Own," they were called in the press. Illustration for US Official Pictures of the World War, showing America's Participation, selected from the official files of the War Department by William E Moore and James C Russell (Pictoria Bureau, 1920). Gravure printed.