Photograph of Sgt. Grier M. Shotwell taken by on Feb. 26, 1919. The image shows barbed wire strung along the edge of a forest at Verst 466 in Vologda, Russia. The ground appears swampy and the forest is dense on both sides of the track. This depicts conditions typical of the area.

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