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Even In 'The War To End All Wars,' There Was Art Coming From The Trenches

Harvey Dunn's 1918 oil painting<em> The Sentry</em> shows a soldier coming up from the trenches. &quot;You see in his eyes what would later become known as the thousand-yard stare,&quot; says exhibit curator Peter Jakab. (National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution)
Harvey Dunn's 1918 oil painting The Sentry shows a soldier coming up from the trenches. "You see in his eyes what would later become known as the thousand-yard stare," says exhibit curator Peter Jakab. (National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution)

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