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Keystone View Company French Convalescents, Nicknamed "The Cripples," About to Return to the Front

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.124 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: France Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

In this scene there is a large gathering of men who are recovering from various wounds from the war. Some of them are standing and others are sitting. Some are eating and smoking. They are about to return to "the front" to fight once more.

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