Group of Signal Corps telephone men at the Division Headquarters switchboard. Operator Lee P. Larque is in a dugout 10 ft. underground, maintaining communication with the front line. Pictured are Sgt. Rosel Steney, Pvt. Ambrose Huntington, Pvt. John K. Moore, Sgt. Kniffen G. Salter, Pvt. James Bowen, Pvt. Hector Pequette, and epl. Ira A. Westfall. Co. B, 9th Field Signal Bn, in Bois de Tuilerie near Montfaucon, Meuse, France. Photo taken on Oct. 20, 1918.

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