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Keystone View Company His Last Fight--"See he lies, death staring from his eyes"--Somewhere in France.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.172 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

A dead soldier, his nationality is unable to identify as his helmet is missing and his uniform obscured by rubble, lies at the bottom of a trench.

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