Description:
Color postcard showing aerial view of 30,000 men forming a human shield at Camp Custer, 1918. Photo was taken by Chicago photographers Mole and Thomas.
Caption on front: United States Shield No. of officers and men, 30,000. Taken at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan. Brigadier General Howard L. Laubach Com'd'g. Length of stars, 190 ft.; width, 34 ft.; length of stripes, 120 ft.; distance across bottom at widest part, 90 ft.; distance across top of shield, 580 ft.; total length on the ground, 675 ft.