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Keystone View Company Mass in the Allied Trenches on the Western Front

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.104 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

During the war, priests of the Catholic Church held services for the soldiers. Masses were often held in dug-outs in the front line trenches. It was a solemn scene because of the reality of death these men faced.

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