View from Mon-Plaisir Farm, showing Bois de Dommartin in the distance. The front line of the 146th Infantry, 37th Division was on the crest to the left, while the Germans held the crest to the right. This woods was heavily manned with machine guns. Lieutenant Boyle of the 147th Infantry was killed leading a daylight raid just in front of the woods. Mon Plaisir Farm, Meurthe et Mosselle, France.

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