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The Arriving American Troopship. After eighteen days of peril, discomfort and misery, the spirit of the soldiers is higher than ever. Land within sight: real terra firma, the kind that sticks to your shoes! On the docks, a little group of American transport officers and Red Cross men and women, with their little "rolling canteens filled with steaming coffee: it will be good to taste food, and drink coffee again on land

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The Arriving American Troopship. After eighteen days of peril, discomfort and misery, the spirit of the soldiers is higher than ever. Land within sight: real terra firma, the kind that sticks to your shoes! On the docks, a little group of American transport officers and Red Cross men and women, with their little "rolling canteens filled with steaming coffee: it will be good to taste food, and drink coffee again on land

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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. London.
Group title: Troopship, England.
Data: N.W. Div. 11/18. Lake Div. 11/18.
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 21

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Date

01/01/1918
place

Location

england
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html

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