Balloon operations during World War One. Army Caquot balloon taking off from Polo Field in Washington, with high-ranking officials Maj. Gen. Snow, Brig. Gen. De Armond, and Maj. Van Nostrand in the basket. Photograph taken on March 27, 1919.

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