The Snapshots in Time Collection
Soldier in Camouflaged Field Dugout Shelter, WWII Bivouac Album
A soldier rests in a camouflaged dugout shelter built from a canvas tarp, brush, and earth during a field encampment. Such expedient shelters, quickly dug and covered for concealment and weather protection, were common features of bivouac life for troops on campaign. Everyday details -- drying laundry, a parked vehicle, and a makeshift roof of cut branches -- illustrate the improvised domesticity of military life away from front-line combat. Project: 218632