Student officers at the Coast Artillery School in Fortress Monroe, VA, receiving instruction in balloon observation of artillery fire. The image shows a balloon detail of approximately fifty men prepared to haul the balloon out of the hangar. Date: April 1918. Caption: NOT FOR PUBLICATION - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. Reference: 111-SC-9775.

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