Members of the American military during World War One are shown in this image blanking out a main gun shield from a steel plate. The photograph was taken on November 29, 1918 by Pvt. R. W. Young at Henry Disston and Sons in Philadelphia, PA. The photograph was issued and approved by the censor on December 2, 1918.

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