Men of the 5th Marines in Reserve
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1919
name: label: associated person
content: Morgan, Wallace
label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Morgan, Wallace
notes: label: Description
content: Black pencil drawing of the 5th American Marine Reserve during World War I. Depicted is the regiment in uniform waiting within fox holes in a forest while doing various task, such as reading, maintaining weapons, and sleeping. According to the Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs: "The woods in which these men were encamped, although well back of the line, were still in range of the German guns. The men had built individual dugouts into which they would disappear at the first sound of trouble."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: place made
content: France
label: associated place; depicted
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Montreuil-sur-Mer
topic: label: depicted
content: Soldiers
label: depicted
content: Guns
label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25775
label: catalog number
content: 25775
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: sketch (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: frame overall: 23 3/4 in x 35 3/4 in; 60.325 cm x 90.805 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 3/4 in x 26 1/2 in; 37.465 cm x 67.31 cm