Review of American troops near the Italian front. The American Red Cross rest houses followed these men from their base stations to the advanced positions. The flag shown in these pictures was sent by Italians of New York City to be presented to the first regiment of American soldiers to occupy Italian front line trenches
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. Italy.
Group title: General, Rest Houses.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 20
Tags
american red cross
glass negatives
photo
italian front line trenches
italian front
american troops
american soldiers
italians
cross rest houses
new york city
ultra high resolution
high resolution
world war i
wwi
ww1
new york
flag
europe
library of congress
Date
01/01/1918
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html