The Advance up Hill 240. Yankee doughboys of the 18th Reg. Inf.. 1st Div., advancing up the slope near Exermont by "digging" the summit at intervals of every few yards.
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The Advance up Hill 240. Yankee doughboys of the 18th Reg. Inf.. 1st Div., advancing up the slope near Exermont by "digging" the summit at intervals of every few yards.
They gained the summit in the face of heavy rifle and machine gun fire from the Germans, and drove the enemy out.
ca. 1918
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Image: 19.5 x 24 cm
Overall: 20.6 x 25.1 cm
Gift of U.S. Armed Forces
2012.0491.0009
Inscriptions verso (mimeographed): SC 27427 [title]
verso (mimeographed): Please Credit / U.S. Army Photograph / The National Military Establishment has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial advertisement, provided copy and layout are submitted to the SECURITY REVIEW BRANCH OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT, THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. and written permission is obtained.
verso (mimeographed): George Eastman House, Inc.
verso (stamp): x 195
verso (pencil): 295 / 27427
verso (mimeographed): Please Credit / U.S. Army Photograph / The National Military Establishment has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial advertisement, provided copy and layout are submitted to the SECURITY REVIEW BRANCH OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT, THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. and written permission is obtained.
verso (mimeographed): George Eastman House, Inc.
verso (stamp): x 195
verso (pencil): 295 / 27427
