Lieutenant Paul W. Cloud wearing a coat of mail as face protection inside a tank. The purpose of the coat of mail is to prevent shell fragments from injuring the face when looking through the sighting slit. The photograph was taken on October 12, 1918, at Bois de Hesse, north of Ricicourt, Meuse, France. The image was officially passed by the censor.

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