It was a far cry from civilian life in the Middle West to bridge repairing on the river Meuse, near Brabant, France

Soldiers from the 108th engineers battalion of the 33rd division of the United States Army Reserve, cross a makeshift bridge as the carry repair equipment. The battalion originally formed part of the 1st engineers battalion of the Illinois National Guard.

Publication date: 1928-10-07

Size: 16.2 x 11.2 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Meuse River

Temporal: 1918-10-10

Subject(s):

• World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel--American--France--Brabant-sur-Meuse
• Maintenance & repair--France--Brabant-sur-Meuse--1910-1920

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 7, 1928), Picture Section/Part 1, p. 7

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• United States. War Dept.