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A March of Millions to Berlin, 1917

JF Ptak Science Books  Quick Post   World War I Photography series

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I’m not sure at what point during the War this image  was made (though I suspect it was midway through the American experience) and shows what I think is the enlistment and draft numbers for U.S. soldiers. The progress of the growth of the Army is charted against German cities that were to be conquered or had already been engaged.  The Doughboy in the graphic along with everything else looks clean and hopeful and determined–the end result of all of this determination was Victory and Defeat and people dead everywhere.  

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