Sailors from the Olympia, acting as a landing force, returning from fighting Bolsheviks along the railroad to Vologda during World War I. They had to navigate through swamps and forests, abandoning everything except their rifles. They are pictured with men from the 339th Infantry who had just arrived in Russia. Taken in Bakharitsa, Russia. Passed by censor, date not given.

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