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Keystone View Company Serbian Trench -- Awaiting Phone Call from Listening Pcst to Fire Rocket for Illuminating "No Man's Land."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.057 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Serbian soldiers wait in a hidden shelter for a call from a sentinel. When he calls, they will fire a rocket to illuminate potentially advancing enemy troops.

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