Signal Corps USA 19800 Lt Hughes and Capt Cobb of Hdqt Staff. Two "hale fellows all wet".
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19800 E15o9G8]. Lieut. H. C. Hughes, aid to Gen. Pershing, and Capt. Cobb, aid to Gen. Morton. Montreux-Jeune, Alsace, Germany. August 20, 1918.
Verdun was the site of the Battle of Verdun (World War I), which was one of the longest and costliest battles in the war. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdun]