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Soldiers View Old Suspension Bridge
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Three soldiers view an old damaged indigenous suspension bridge. The soldier with a rifle on the right is Private Marion Tewalt of Viroqua, Wisconsin. The naked soldier wading in the water is Private Jasper Edwards of Durham, North Carolina. The standing soldier on the left is Private Robert Anderson of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The shore is rocky in the foreground and trees are on the far side of the river.
January 18, 1944
Doyle, Robert J., 1914-1995
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