Caption: "Lieutenant R. W. Gears demonstrates the usage of a rifle grenade, showing Capt. Popp of the Chemical Warfare Service, 1st Army Corps, the proper firing position. Also featured in the image are Lieutenant Colonel Chas. L. Mitchell, commanding officer of the 318th Infantry; Major Burdick, commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion of the 318th Infantry; and Lieutenant E. Mariage (French), attached to the 318th Infantry, 80th Division. The photograph was taken on October 26, 1918, in Le Neufour, Meuse, France."

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