Military personnel prepare to ascend in a Caquot Balloon for balloon operations on the Polo Field in Washington, during World War One. Maj. Kendall Banning from the General Staff, Maj. Van Nostrand from the , and Col. Weeks from the General Staff are pictured, with the photograph being numbered 58605.

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