111-SC-004373-ac

This photo, from the Signal Corps series, shows a combined unit of American and French cameramen. The man on the left is a motion picture cameraman for the U.S. Marine Corps, and the man in front is a still photographer and U.S. Marine. (111-SC-4373)

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  1. The man of the left is the U.S. Marines’ “Movie Man,” Quartermaster Sergeant Leon H. Calverly, formerly with Mutual Weekly and Fox newsreels.
    In late summer 1918 he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and became head of the photographic department, 2nd Division.

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