frame overall: 23 3/4 in x 35 3/4 in; 60.325 cm x 90.805 cm
overall: 14 3/4 in x 26 1/2 in; 37.465 cm x 67.31 cm
Object Name:
drawing
Place made:
France
France
Associated place; depicted:
France: Hauts-de-France, Montreuil-sur-Mer
Date made:
1918
Associated date:
1919
Description:
Black pencil drawing of the 5th American Marine Reserve during World War I. Depicted is the regiment in uniform waiting within fox holes in a forest while doing various task, such as reading, maintaining weapons, and sleeping. According to the Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs: "The woods in which these men were encamped, although well back of the line, were still in range of the German guns. The men had built individual dugouts into which they would disappear at the first sound of trouble."
