I've been going to the Y to wimp out every other day since 1994, and of course I had contact with it before then. But I only recently learned of the part it played in World War I, when it was already established in France and helped get supplies to soldiers in France and other places. Now that I have Granddaddy Robison's travel journal, I'm going to share what I learn about that.
On the back of a picture of him in uniform he's written "Just an ordinary Y.M.C.A. secretary who is trying to do his bit in France. For many of our solidier boys need more help in the battle of Paris than they needed in the Arregon (Arragon?) or at St. Michiel (Michael?) sectors. April 26, 1919.
Perry W. Robison
