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Keystone View Company Looking from Belleau Village South across the Valley to Belleau Wood

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.228 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: France Type: Stereocard Date: 1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

An American soldier stands on the remaining wall of a destroyed building looking at what is left of Belleau Wood after the battle.

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