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Soldier "on top of Fort Douaumont. The condition of the reinforced concrete will give you an idea of the terrible amount of shell fire this fort stood. There are four stories below the ground level and at one time during the Crown Prince's drive, the Germans captured the two upper stories but the French held the two lower ones. We went through this and saw the bullet scarred passageways." From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.