Detachment of the 372nd Infantry Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana

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A black-and-white panoramic photograph of the 372nd Infantry Regiment. The photograph depicts a total of one hundred thirty-nine (139) men wearing military uniforms and World War I steel combat helmets. There are forty-nine (49) men kneeling in the front row, each holding a rifle upright on their proper right sides. Ninety (90) men stand in two (2) rows in the back. There are a number of multi-story, windowed buildings in the background. In the building directly behind the men on the far right side of the photograph, two men can be seen leaning out of two windows. White text at the bottom of the image in the center reads [Detachment of the 372nd Infantry Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana.]. Faded white text in the bottom right corner of the image is partially legible, reading [...UN BROTHERS].

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