Snipers

Snipers from the US 42nd Division. Picture made at Badonville, on May 18, 1918.

Concealment and Observation on the Western Front

The snipers of the US 42nd Division at Badonville show how patience, cover and observation shaped front-line tactics. Their low position in the grass reflects a different kind of warfare than open assault, where survival depended on remaining unseen.

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