"Private H. V. Bell of the Signal Corps captures the moment a 4-inch Stokes mortar bomb filled with gas bursts at rest during training at the Chemical Warfare Service School in Chaumont, Hte. Marne, France. This photograph was taken on October 15, 1918, but the date when it was approved by the censor is not provided. Photo ID: 111-SC-29471."

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