Blown up by the retreating enemy, this bridge had stood over Forges creek, near Forges, Meuse

An American soldier from the 108th field signal battalion travels over the debris of the Forges Creek bridge after it was bombed by retreating German forces. The 108th field signal battalion originally formed part of the Signal Corps Company A of the Illinois National Guard.

Publication date: 1928-10-07

Size: 13.7 x 15.3 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Forges-sur-Meuse (France)

Temporal: 1918-10-10

Subject(s):

• World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel--American--France--Forges-sur-Meuse
• World War, 1914-1918--Destruction & pillage--France--Forges-sur-Meuse

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 7, 1928), Picture Section/Part 1, p. 7

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• United States. War Dept.