Print No. 28597

Title

Print No. 28597

Description

Sailors from the U.S.S., Olympia, who formed a part of a landing force, returning from the line along the railroad to Vologda where they had been fighting Bolsheviks. The party got back to its starting point only after picking its way through swamps and forests. They were compelled to abandon everything but their rifles. They are surrounded by men of the 339th Infantry, who had just landed in Russia.

Creator

United States Army Signal Corps

Subject

Military life

Ships

WWI

Soviet Union

Polar Bear Expedition

Source

English https://findingaids.lib.umich.edu/catalog/umich-bhl-921010_aspace_30c91f009283ceaa95f70792919049bc

Format

image/jpg

Date

September 6, 1918

Language

English

Rights

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Provenance

The Signal Corps photo collection was compiled from a number of individual donors.