In which Wilfred Owen's poem is paired with and analyzed beside one of the images from the A. O. Fasser Collection.
One-shot #8: At a Calvary Near the Ancre
One-shot #7: Tranchée des Baïonnettes, Verdun
The Tranchée des Baïonnettes - where 21 men of the 137th Infantry's 3 Company were supposedly buried alive, with only their bayonets poking out above the earth - was photographed after it was excavated during the planning phases of the 1920 monument built on the site.
Manille in the Dugout
French soldiers passed the interminably long days, weeks, and months in the trenches in numerous ways. One of these ways was by playing the card game Manille.
