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Thirsty Union Civil War Soldiers

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of three Union Civil War soldiers drinking from and holding canteens. The painting is the work of one of the German panorama artists ac...
Photograph

Marine Artillery

Date: 1945
Description: Private First Class Anthony R. Buzzelli opens an ammunition box with an axe for Marines battling on Iwo Jima. Another man on the right appears to be openin...
Photograph

Portable Military Camp Forge

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers with a small forge during World War I. One of the men is smoking a pipe. There is a wagon in the background.
Photograph

Constructing Barbed Wire Entanglements on a Shoreline

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are setting up a barbed wire defense on a shoreline in the South Tyrol. The men are barefoot and standing in the water, while one of the ...
Photograph

Constructing Barbed Wire Entanglements on the Shoreline

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are setting up a barbed wire defense on the shoreline. The men are barefoot and standing in the water with their pants rolled up.
Photograph

Cavern of the Lavarone Plateau

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Description: Cavern built into the mountain on the Lavarone plateau. The plateau of Lavarone was located along the pre-war boundary between Austria-Hungary and Italy.
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Butchers at Work

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Description: Butchers slaughtering beef on the Tirolian battlefront.

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