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Noncommissioned officers of the 77th Division's 304th Machine gun battalion receive instruction in operating the Vickers machine gun from British Army Sgt. D. Harris, a member of the 44th Machinegun Company of the 44th Battalion in May 1918 in this still from a 1918 silent movie , "Training with the British Army in Picardy, May 1918" on the National Archive's website. The 77th Division, composed of draftee Soldiers from New York City, was one of five American divisions which was trainined by the British Army after arriving in France. ( U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps via National Archives)
| Date Taken: | 04.05.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 04.06.2018 14:12 |
| Photo ID: | 4274684 |
| VIRIN: | 180500-A-A3538-1014 |
| Resolution: | 1382x1007 |
| Size: | 424.2 KB |
| Location: | FR |
| Web Views: | 80 |
| Downloads: | 17 |
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