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Rounding up Boche Prisoners
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About this work
Charcoal, crayon, gouache, and blue wash drawing on heavy textured cream wove paper. The work depicts American soldiers marching German ("Boche") prisoners of war (unarmed, in green uniforms) through a street in a recaptured village on the Marne. A woman is sitting inside one of the badly damaged buildings lining the street. Deceased German soldiers are lying on the ground in the foreground.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRounding up Boche Prisoners. 1918-07. War Department. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.
