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Outpost No. 5
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Two soldiers wearing heavy winter clothes are kneeling behind a Lewis machine gun displayed on a blanket. Immediately behind the two soldiers is what appears to be a fortification hidden with snow, but with the roof and chimney pipe showing. In the far distance is a town with a number of buildings. The tallest building appears to be a church, and has arches, towers, and small onion domes.
1918
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Blockhouse and Dugout
1918
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Market Place and Russian Troops
1918
A large group of Russian soldiers are assembled and appear to be drilling within the center of a Russian town. Civilians stand off to the side observing the soldiers. In the background is a large n...
Russian Blockhouse
1918
A timber constructed blockhouse housing crates of what is possibly artillery shells. The fortification is camouflaged with branches and fallen trees fastened to the top of the entry into the blockh...
Officers Returning from the Front
1918
Two officers wearing heavy winter clothes are seated in a horse-drawn wooden sleigh on a snowy path. Just behind them is a building that appears to be a Russian church with small onion domes, and a...
Army Blockhouse
1918
A blockhouse fortification built using a timber frame and large stones, with sandbags stacks near the entrance. There appear to be a wires strung along poles on the far side of the blockhouse.
U.S. Army Machine Gunnery School
1918
View across snow towards a child standing near the United States Army machine gunnery school, which is surrounded by other buildings. The towers and onions domes of a Russian church can be seen beh...
