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Mopping up
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Mopping up

War Department · 1918 · charcoal with watercolor (overall production method/technique)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Charcoal and watercolor sketch on white paper. Two American soldiers holding revolvers are standing at the entrance of a German trench. One of the soldiers has his revolver aimed at a German soldier standing in the doorway of the trench, whose hands are thrown up in surrender. There is another American soldier in the background.

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Credit lineMopping up. 1918. War Department. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.

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