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Keystone View Company Class of Officers Practicing "the Short Point Stab," American Army Camp, U. S. A.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.189 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

At a military camp, a row of officers practice the "short point stab" with their bayonets on a line of punching bags while two of their superiors look on.

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