American soldier Sgt. Charles E. Mace is seated in a shell hole in a garden wall, writing a letter. The photograph captures the surroundings of a shelled village through the opening. The subject, Clarence B. Ford, belonged to Co. "C," 308th Field Signal Battalion, stationed in Chateau Thierry, France during World War I. The exact date of the photograph is not provided. This photograph was released by the Censor.

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