Caption: "Pvt. Edward J. Peters comforts Madame Josephine Vassaux in Montbrehain, Aisne, France, on October 14, 1918. Vassaux's husband, Charles Vassaux, was killed by a shell just before the city's capture by American troops. Despite her frailty, Madame Vassaux refused to leave her husband's bedside until proper burial arrangements were made, five days after his passing."

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