>>12183239Doughboys started arriving in Europe in 1918 and neither Germans nor French knew what to make of them. The Americans towered over them by 6-10 inches and had at least 50 pounds on them on average.
European soldiers on either side must have seemed like hobbits to the Americans.
Took forever to find this picture. Google AEF and 90 percent of all images are of the six black soldiers that went to Europe from the U.S. in WWI.