Keywords: outdoor monochrome Lot 6591-21: American Memorial at Montsec, France. The memorial is located on an isolated hill overlooking the Woevre Valley. It commemorates the capture of St. Mihiel salient by the American First Army in September 1918 and the services of the American Second Army in the Woevre Valley in November 1918 as well as sector occupation by American Divisions on that portion of the Western Front. Shown: Montsec Memorial from the west. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection-Photograph Album presented by General John J. Pershing, USA (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission. The photographs in the collection were taken in 1923 to show the memorials erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/10/09). Lot 6591-21: American Memorial at Montsec, France. The memorial is located on an isolated hill overlooking the Woevre Valley. It commemorates the capture of St. Mihiel salient by the American First Army in September 1918 and the services of the American Second Army in the Woevre Valley in November 1918 as well as sector occupation by American Divisions on that portion of the Western Front. Shown: Montsec Memorial from the west. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection-Photograph Album presented by General John J. Pershing, USA (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission. The photographs in the collection were taken in 1923 to show the memorials erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/10/09). |