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Truck Train unloading 366 Inf. Bruyers, Vosges, France. Aug 12, 1918

August 12, 1918

Bruyères, Lorraine, France, Europe

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

In this photograph dozens of trucks are unloading soldiers. In the foreground two soldiers on a rooftop capture the scene with a camera on a tripod. The trucks and soldiers are intermixed on the ground. In the background there is a building with rectangle windows that almost extends the length of the photograph. The Signal Corps USA logo is in the bottom left corner of the photograph. The number [25942] is written next to the logo. The words [Truck Train unloading 366 Inf. Bruyers, Vosges, France. Aug 12, 1918] are written at the bottom inside the white border.

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Catalog reference: 2015.97.23.14

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