American engineers are seen pulling down the battered walls of "Flirey the Forlorn" in the captured salient of St. Mihiel during World War One. They are using rubble from the ruins to repair roads that pass through old trenches. This photograph was taken on an unknown date by photographer Paul W. Claud and released by the Censor.

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