Members of Co. C. 1st Gas Regt., 80th Division load and fire phosphorus and Thermite shells using a trench mortar battery. The photograph was taken on October 27, 1918 in Le Neufour, Meuse, France. The 80th Division was initially made up of soldiers from Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, and was trained at Camp Lee in Petersburg, Virginia.

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