"Sergeant Pete A. Pelison, a Signal Corps photographer, took this photograph on March 10, 1919, with reference number RECO 1271-89. The image depicts a dam built by the 319th Engineers. The purpose of the dam was to provide water to Camp Pentanezen, a rest camp in Brest, Finistere, France, which belonged to Base Section #5."

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License: Licensed
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