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Camp Lewis

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Description: A man demonstrating trench shooting in a fortified ditch at Camp Lewis, built in 1917.
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Trench Warfare

Date: 1917
Description: Soldiers with their weapons in a trench.
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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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Stretcher-Bearers Carrying an Injured Soldier

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two soldiers carrying an injured man through the trenches. Caption reads: "Brancardiers [stretcher-bearers] carrying in a wounded pirla."
Poster

Be Up-To-Date = Be A U.S. Marine

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a soldier with his gear, adjusting his helmet while standing behind sandbags. On his belt is a gas mask. Poster text re...
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Machine-gunners in Trench

Date: 1917
Description: Two soldiers wearing combat uniforms and holding machine guns are in a trench with barbed wire in the background. The men are in a combat zone in France.
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Sandbags for the Trenches

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are preparing sandbags for the building bunkers and trenches in Serbia.
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Austrian Soldiers Shoot at an Airplane

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers shooting at an airplane somewhere in Galicia.
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French PoW's at Zossen

Date: 1914
Description: French PoW's beautifying the exterior of a barracks building in the camp at Zossen.
Poster

Ask for Cook's Programme of Tours to the Battlefields, Thiepval

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of a British soldier sitting on a battlefield near a trench with barb wire among many destroyed trees at night. There are birds...
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Austrian Artillery in South Tyrol

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Description: Austrian soldiers are manning an artillery piece in a bunker on the battlefield in South Tyrol. The German caption states "We salute you again Italy" refe...
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Soldiers Awaiting Orders to Fire Artillery

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian artillerymen taking a break from the battle at a firing position on the southwestern battlefront in Tyrol. Some of the men are smoking. The troops...
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Soldiers in Front of Bunkers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers post in front of the bunkers on the Italian front in the battle zone around Lavarone in South Tyrol. These are camouflaged artillery posi...
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Building Model Trenches

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Description: Convalescing German soldiers, in Berlin, building model trenches both for training and exhibition.
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Austrian Machine Gun Detachment

Date: 1915
Description: In South Tyrol. An Austrian machine gun detachment firing at the Italian enemy.
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Fortifying an Embarkment

Date: 1915
Description: Soldiers fortifying an embankment on the southwest battlefront in South Tyrol.
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Fortifying an Embarkment

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Description: Fortifying an embankment on the southwest battlefront.
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Austrian Soldiers in a Trench

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers in a trench line.
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Austrian Soldiers in Skirmish Trench

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers in Dunajec, Poland.
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Waiting for the Order to Attack

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Description: Firing line reserves waiting for the order to advance.

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