American infantrymen take cover beside a road in the St. Mihiel salient during World War One. Due to the fast-moving German forces, the infantrymen did not have time to construct elaborate shelters. This photograph, designated as 111-SC-25051A, was taken in 1918 by a photographer from the Signal Corps.

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