Sergeant Jackson and his companions survey the aftermath of the St. Mihiel attack on September 26th, 1918. The photograph shows a village, apparently St. Maurice Sous Le Cotes, located 5 miles east of Verdun in France. Many dugouts were constructed by German forces on the hill slope above the village.

---

Size: 8471px × 5756px
Photo credit: © piemags/NSC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., 1918, activities, american, army, attack, battle, battlefield, campaign, combat, construction, cotes, defensive, destruction, dugout, dugouts, equipment, european, expeditionary, forces, france, front, frontline, germans, hill, hillside, historical, le, military, neuse, occupation, occupied, photographer, photographs, photography, position, reco, reconnaissance, , , soldiers, sous, , , strategic, structures, theater, trenches, troops, verdun, village, war, warfare, wartime, warzone, western, world