American and French soldiers joined forces on the Dwiva River in North Russia during World War I. This photograph captures them working together to man a machine gun nest. The photo was taken by an official war photographer, received on 31 January 1919, and released by the American Expeditionary Forces censor on 1 February 1919.

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