Signal Corps men are seen in this photograph stringing wire across the flooded Cher River in Tours Indre et Loire, France. The image was taken on January 10, 1919, and features 463745 Pvt. lst el. C. L. Eddy, S. C. The conditions are challenging, but they are determined to complete the task.

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