An image of an eight-inch howitzer in action taken on October 3, 1918, in Bois d'Heiche, France. The gun's projectile weighs 200 pounds, and the crew belongs to Battery B, 44th Coast Artillery Corps. The photograph was taken by Pvt. A. A. Purst and is numbered 29522.

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