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What role did Edward Steichen hold in the U.S. Army during World War I?
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Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen, 1960.
When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Edward Steichen volunteered for service and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Signal Corps. He was soon appointed as the head of aerial photography for the American Army in France.1