Caption: 103rd Field Signal Battalion, formerly 1st Bn. Pa. , 28th Div., operating a switchboard at 55th Brig. Hdqrs. in St Gilles, France during World War I. The soldiers are utilizing a shell hole for protection. This photograph was taken on August 8, 1918, by Sgt. Nightingale, and passed by censor.

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