Outdoor Dinner

French soldiers eating in the open.
Picture made in Northern France, 1917.

Meals in the Open Behind the Lines

French soldiers eating outdoors in Northern France give the page a quieter view of wartime routine. The scene shows how meals, rest and shared moments in the open became part of daily military life, even close to areas shaped by marches, duty and the pressure of the front.

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