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World War One was the first war in which virtually all aspects of the conflict were thoroughly documented photographically. The contemporary photographs below focus primarily on the American involvement in the war.
“Wake Up America Day” parade
A group of fresh American recruits
A lesson on the use of trench mortars
Doughboys saying farewell on their way to Europe
Machine gun nest at Chateau Thierry
American outpost in the Vosges Mountains
Front-line trench in Northern France
Water-logged landscape in Belgium
A moment of thought among the horrors of war