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![A close up view of the Belleau Woods [sic] showing the hard fought ground captured by the American Army in 1918](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvYS1jbG9zZS11cC12aWV3LW9mLXRoZS1iZWxsZWF1LXdvb2RzLXNpYy1zaG93aW5nLXRoZS1oYXJkLWZvdWdodC1ncm91bmQtY2FwdHVyZWQtNWRiNDExLTEwMjQuanBn/320/74/jpg "A close up view of the Belleau Woods [sic] showing the hard fought ground captured by the American Army in 1918")
![[American soldiers in trenches, France, 1918: USASC #23056 (near Verdun)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTgvMDEvMDEvYW1lcmljYW4tc29sZGllcnMtaW4tdHJlbmNoZXMtZnJhbmNlLTE5MTgtdXNhc2MtMjMwNTYtbmVhci12ZXJkdW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[American soldiers in trenches, France, 1918: USASC #23056 (near Verdun)]")
![[Colonial soldiers engaged in battle in a forest, possibly during the American Revolution]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvY29sb25pYWwtc29sZGllcnMtZW5nYWdlZC1pbi1iYXR0bGUtaW4tYS1mb3Jlc3QtcG9zc2libHktZHVyaW5nLXRoZS1hbWVyaWNhbi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Colonial soldiers engaged in battle in a forest, possibly during the American Revolution]")
![Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead, view at the edge of the Rose woods, July 5, 1863]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvZ2V0dHlzYnVyZy1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtZGVhZC12aWV3LWF0LXRoZS1lZGdlLW9mLXRoZS1yb3NlLXdvb2RzLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [Confederate dead, view at the edge of the Rose woods, July 5, 1863]")
![Map of the battlefield of Bull Run, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell commanding the U.S. forces, Gen. [P.] G. T. Beauregard commanding the Confederate forces, July 21st 1861](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvbWFwLW9mLXRoZS1iYXR0bGVmaWVsZC1vZi1idWxsLXJ1bi12aXJnaW5pYS1icmlnLWdlbi1pcnZpbi1tY2Rvd2VsbC1jb21tYW5kaW5nLWYxNmZlZi02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "Map of the battlefield of Bull Run, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell commanding the U.S. forces, Gen. [P.] G. T. Beauregard commanding the Confederate forces, July 21st 1861")
