Doughboy Fighting Through Barbed Wire Entanglements
12/21/1918
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During World War I, the U.S. Government’s Committee for Public Information employed artists, who followed troops into France with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during the war. Commissioned as officers in the Corps of Engineers, the artists were assigned to create artwork in a variety of media to show the war to Americans back home.
Official American military artist Captain Harvey Dunn made this drawing.
Official American military artist Captain Harvey Dunn made this drawing.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
National Archives Identifier: 12060634
Full Citation: Photograph 111-SC-37906; Doughboy Fighting Through Barbed Wire Entanglements; 12/21/1918; Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/doughboy-barbed-wire, January 18, 2025]Activities that use this document
- WWI Propaganda and Art
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