File:World War I Observation Balloon HD-SN-99-02269.JPEG

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Description

English: Close-up view of an American major in the basket of an observation balloon flying over territory near front lines.

Français : Vue en gros plan d'un soldat (major) américain occupé, dans un panier suspendu sous un ballon, à observer le territoire à proximité de lignes de front. Cette photo présente aussi un intérêt paysager, car elle montre que les parcellaires agricoles et la complexité de la mosaïque écopaysagère ont fortement régressé depuis cette époque

Date

June 1918

Source

High resolution download from http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=HDSN9902269&JPGPath=/Assets/Still/1999/DoD/HD-SN-99-02269.JPG (Id: HD-SN-99-02269), NARA FILE #: 111-SC-18580. Also available as U.S. National Archives ARC Identifier 530737.

Author

Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer - Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity.

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