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"They shall not pass!" - the second battle of the Marne / Gayle Porter Hoskins

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"They shall not pass!" - the second battle of the Marne / Gayle Porter Hoskins

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Title	"They shall not pass!" - the second battle of the Marne / Gayle Porter Hoskins
Creator	Hoskins, Gayle Porter, 1887-1962.
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : Ladies' Home Journal, 1918
Physical Description	1 print : color ; 27 x 41 cm.
Summary	Depicts American Marines fending off an attack by German soldiers on the Marne river; battlefield includes Allied planes, tanks, and cannons.
Notes	Title from item.; "The Ladies' Home Journal for November, 1918"; Page: "11"; "Across the pontoon bridges the Germans came, streams of gray-green, writhing under the bombs from Allied airplanes, into the arms of the Americans. Everywhere they were hurled back, as shown by Mr. Hoskins' painting based on official descriptions. The bridges blew up under them, the river seized them, the bombs rained upon the, And above the clamor rose the battle cry of the Marines."; "Painted by Gayle Porter Hoskins for The Ladies' Home Journal's Souvenir Pictures of the Great War"
LC Subject Headings	World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France. Marne, 2nd Battle of the, France, 1918. World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields. World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations. Soldiers. Pontoon bridges. Marne River (France)
Time Period	World War I (1914-1918)
Call #	PRINT 02569
Item #	329809
OCLC #	934636844

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