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Lavarone Plateau

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Description: On the battlefield of the Lavarone plateau. Supplies for construction of a continuous belt of wire obstacles. The plateau of Lavarone was located along th...
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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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Lake Molveno Machine Gun Nest

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Description: Concrete machinegun nest on the Molvenosee (Lake Molveno).
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In the Mountains

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Description: Tiroler Standschützen in the mountains.
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Homing Pigeons

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Description: Fortress homing pigeons being released.
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Glacier Fortress Position

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Description: Fortified position on a glacier at high altitude, on the Tirolian-Italian front.
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Lookouts in the Mountains

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Description: Lookouts standing guard in a 3500 meter high fort on the glacier on the Italian-Tirolian front.
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Glacier Lookouts

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Description: Lookout position at an elevation of 3500 meters observing Italian ground.
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Highest Artillery Position in Europe

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Description: The highest artillery position in Europe on Ortler (Mount Ortles).
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Highest Machinegun Position in Europe

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Description: The highest machinegun position in Europe on the Ortler glacier.
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Artillery Crew at High Altitude

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Description: Artillery men in the land of eternal ice in the South Tirol Alps.
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Officers of Austrian Position in the High Mountains

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Description: The commander of a fort on the Tirolian front at an elevation of 3500 meters surrounded by his officers. 1. Major Hyza; 2. Lieutenant Joseph Aldon; 3. Lieu...
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Guarding a Glacier Fort

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Description: Guard in front of a fortified position on the glacier at an elevation of over 3500 meters.
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Glacier Fort

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Description: In front of a fortification on our highest battlefield.
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Resting in front of the Hut

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Description: Soldiers at rest in a fortified position on a mountain top.
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Food Containers

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Description: Transporting food containers at an elevation of 3500 meters.
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Artillery Battery Telephone

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Description: Artillery battery telephone in a Serbian trench line that had been captured by the Austrians.
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Albania

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Description: Rock barricades in the mountains of Albania.
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Albania

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Description: Austrian scouts in the Albanian mountains during the advance into Albania.
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Fort Howard

Date: 1851
Description: A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ...

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