File:Lot 6591-11 (22034274436).jpg

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Description Lot 6591-11: Somme American cemetery, located about 11 miles northwest of St. Quentin, and is the burial place of over 1,800 American soldiers. Most of the men buried here were members of the 27th and 30th Divisions who lost their lives in this vicinity; of the 1st Division who lost their lives in the operations near Cantigny, and of the 33rd and 80th Divisions who fell in battle while serving with the British forces near Hamel and Albert. Shown: Bony Chapel from Southwest. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection-Photograph Album presented by General John J. Pershing, USA (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission. The photographs in the collection were taken in 1923 to show the memorials erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/10/09).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/22034274436 (archive). It was reviewed on 11 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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