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Photograph of two WWI soldiers sitting in a foxhole

ca. 1917

Mort Homme, Verdun, Lorraine, France, Europe

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white photograph of two World War I soldiers in military uniform sitting in a foxhole with a large machine gun. A large cache of ammo can be seen behind them. The back of the photograph has two pieces of paper adhered, both with black type reading, [Machine gunners operating German / Machine gun on Dead Man's Hill / the scene of terrible fighting.].

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Catalog reference: 2012.171.12

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