Tank crew receiving instruction from officers at the Tank Corps School, located near Langres, France during World War I. The officers providing instruction in the photograph are Captain Ranulf Compton, the Chief Instructor, and Lieutenant Colonel George M. Patton, Jr., who is the Commanding Officer of the school. This photograph was taken on July 15, 1918, and released by the Censor on August 13, 1918.

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