American soldiers standing on the edge of Belleau Wood during World War One. In the distance, the villages of Bouresches can be seen. This photograph was taken by Captain J. Andre Smith, a photographer for the American military. It is one of several official drawings by American military artists documenting military activities during the war.

---

Size: 8570px × 5847px
Photo credit: © piemags/NSC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., 111-sc-31058, 25076, 3-14-19, 31058, activities, american, andre, artillery, artists, balkan, battle, battleground, belleau, bonreached, bouresches, campaign, captain, communication, conflict, countryside, distance, documentary, documentation, drawings, edge, enemy, expeditionary, fire, forces, french, hazards, historians, historical, lines, location, military, observation, official, pa, photographer, photographic, photographs, photography, presence, preservation, reco, reconnaissance, sander, smith, soldiers, south, southern, strategic, strategy, surveillance, symbols, trenches, troops, villages, war, warzone, wood, world