The image depicts Sgt. Marshall setting up an observation post on hill 240 during World War One. The post was established by the 18th Infantry, 1st Division, to observe artillery action on hill 278 in Exermont, Ardennes, France. The photograph was taken on October 11, 1918, and received on November 25, 1918.

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