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Two Soldiers near Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of two soldiers standing outside a blockhouse fortification. One soldier is wearing heavy wool furs and is armed with a rifle, and the oth...
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Robert Doyle in Pillbox

Date: 01 1943
Description: Robert Doyle emerges from a captured Japanese pillbox at Buna, New Guinea, (present day Papua New Guinea). The pillbox is built of dirt, logs and foliage.
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Machine Gun Emplacement

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of dugout machine gun emplacement. There is a solider standing outside on the left, while another man sits inside. The fortification appears ...
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Blockhouse Under Construction

Date: 1918
Description: Blockhouse fortification under construction in a forested area. There are two uniformed soldiers standing on the right.
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Men in Trench

Date: 1918
Description: Two British soldiers in a mortar station of a trench. One soldier is sitting on top of stack of wooden boxes that contain mortar rounds, while the other is...
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Outpost No. 5

Date: 1918
Description: Two soldiers wearing heavy winter clothes are kneeling behind a Lewis machine gun displayed on a blanket. Immediately behind the two soldiers is what appea...
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U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while using a tripod stand to write. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstacle ...
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Front Line Near St. Thomas

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two soldiers in the trenches near the front line at St. Thomas. Captioned: "Front line at St. Thomas, near Sainte Menehould."
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Brancardier, Stretcher-Bearer

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View of a man standing in a trench. Captioned: "A. Rodriguez, Corporal of "brancardier," taken in a Russian trench in the Champagne, near Auberive. Notice ...

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