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Armistice Day ceremony photograph, 1918

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Identifier: 1000-131
Scope and Contents Photograph caption: "Early in 1918 President Wilson, together with the heads of othe Allied governments, decided to send troops to keep the German submarines from occupying the ice-free harbors of Murmansk and Archangel. The people of north Russia invited this action. Five thousand American troops and other from England, France and Italy were used. This occupation lasted about one and a half years. This photo by H. W. Wyckoff shows the ceremony celebrating the news of the armistice. The...
Dates: 1918

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