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LAST TWO MINUTES OF FIGHTING
Taken at 10:58 AM, 11 November 1918,
just before the Armistice went into effect; men of the 353d
Infantry near the church of Stenay, Meuse, wait for the end
of hostilities. (SC034981)
(posted 1-30 November 2005)
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RIFLE GRENADES
In the American trenches before Mulhouse, Hecken Sector,
Germany; the men are armed with rifle grenades; 126th Infantry,
32d Division - 14 June 1918. (SC014868)
(posted 1-30 November 2005)
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A ONE-POUNDER GUN IN POSITION
Americans setting in position a French 37mm. gun known as
a "one-pounder" on the parapet of a second line
trench at Dieffmattch, Alsace, where their command (the 126th
Infantry) was located - 26 June 1918. (SC019753)
(posted 1-30 November 2005)
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TANKS ON THE MOVE
American tanks moving forward to the battle line in the Argonne
Forest -1918. (SC022334)
(posted 1-30 November 2005)
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ARTILLERY MOVING TO THE FRONT
A battery of American Field Artillery heads for the Argonne
front, passing through the shattered town of Malancourt in
the Meuse. Battery E, 16th Fiedl Artillery - 26 September
1918. (SC023105)
(posted 1-30 November 2005)
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