This faded snapshot of a country road near Brest, France, comes from a personal photo album kept by a New York police officer who served overseas during World War I. Brest served as a major Atlantic port for the American Expeditionary Forces, through which hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops passed en route to the Western Front. Handwritten captions like this one preserve the personal, everyday perspective of servicemen amid the larger history of the war. Project: 218517