Anti-aircraft guard enroute from Lizy sur Ourcq to Poincon, August 1918

Photograph from Gus Nelson's service with the 102nd Machine Gun Battalion, 26th U.S. Infantry Division; title from separate cropped version of the photograph (gnelson-ph-028) with caption: "Anti-aircraft guard enroute from Lizy sur Ourcq to Poincon, Aug. 15-16, 1918. This trip took us along the south bank of the Marne through the heart of country replete with evidence of hard fighting."
Title from a caption by Gus Nelson. Gustaf "Gus" Nelson entered Norwich University as a member of the Class of 1919; he left school to serve in World War I and served with the 102nd Machine Gun Battalion of the Yankee Division. After the war, he returned to Norwich University and graduated in 1924.