American soldiers at Hdqrs. Co., 126th Inf., are shown in this photograph making bobbins of barbed wire during World War I. The bobbins are wound during the day and carried out into No Man's Land by working parties at night. This method allows for easier transport of the wire through the barbed wire obstacles. The location is Gildwiller, Alsace, Germany. The photographer is Cpl. A. Hanson. This image was issued and passed by the censor, but the date is not known.

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