Men of the 18th Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Division, are seen in Petit Preissy, France, on May 16, 1918, cleaning mud and rust from their guns after a turn in the trenches. This photograph was taken by Pvt. Longacre, , and was censored and released on June 28, 1918, by Censor.

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