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Keystone View Company The Dog in War--Reporting to First Aid Squad with Helmet of Wounded Soldier

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.115 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

Three medical soldiers stand in a ditch as a Red Cross dog approaches, holding in its mouth the helmet of a wounded soldier.

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