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Keystone View Company Camouflaged Trenches in Chemin des Dames Sector

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.095 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Chemin des Dames, France Type: Stereocard Date: 1917-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

A lieutenant of the Allied forces stands in a trench at Chemin des Dames. Behind him, chicken wire interwoven with pine and hemlock, covers the opening of the trench, to prevent enemy planes from spotting the trench from above.

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