The photograph shows the family of Merle D. Hay, the first American soldier to be killed in France during World War I, during the Trans-Continental Motor Convoy. The convoy was passing through Glidden, Iowa. The image was taken on August 25, 1919, by the Signal Corps of the

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Photo credit: © piemags/NSC / Alamy / Afripics
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