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Keystone View Company French Lines Captured from the Enemy by the Marine Fusileers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.297 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: France Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

In this photograph soldiers are standing in a fort. They use sandbags as a defense mechanism.

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