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Keystone View Company Strong Dugouts in Holes Under Huge Rocks, in Belleau Woods, France.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.225 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

A German soldier crouches with his machine gun in a dugout under a rock in Belleau Woods.

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