Firing

Gun team of the A Company, US 105th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Division, firing at St. Souplet, France. Picture made on October 19, 1918.

American Machine Gun Fire in Late 1918

The A Company gun team of the US 105th Machine Gun Battalion firing at St. Souplet shows American forces in action during the final phase of the Great War. The image adds context to machine gun tactics, trench positions and the intensity of fighting in October 1918.

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