Image Caption: Result of body armor test conducted on April 27, 1918. Lieutenant Hargan, , is seen wearing the heavy 27-pound body armor (#5) after enduring constant machine gun fire from a German Heavy Maxim at a distance of 60 yards. The test took place in Fert le la Peigney, Langres, France, under the supervision of the Ordinance Department. This photograph was released by the Censor on January 7, 1919.

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