Image #5541 is a photograph taken by Lt. Lentz of the Stg. It was taken on February 2, 1918, and received on March 5, 1918. The image shows a road being built at Camp Humphreys in Virginia. Lumbermen can be seen using "timber grabbers" to place stringers end to end in long even rows. Camp Humphreys is being developed as a major engineering training camp, with plans to instruct 25,000 men. This photograph was censored and released on April 10, 1918, by the War College Division.

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Size: 7982px × 6303px
Photo credit: © piemags/NSC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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