Helicopters; Rifles; Soldiers; Helmets; Military uniforms; Military personnel; Rural areas
A Huey in flight taken from another helicopter. A soldier and the barrel of an M-16 are also in the frame. The helicopters appear to be flying over a farming area. The photograph is from Ammons's first tour in 1968.
Military vehicles; Cities & towns; Streets; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Arms & armament
Several soldiers outfitted with helmets, rifles, and flak vests are riding in a small truck through Qui Nhon on their way back to the military base at Vung Chua Mountain. All but the driver are wearing helmets. They are driving toward a group of...
Seven soldiers after training on the camouflage range. Six are wearing helmets and have camouflage blacking on their faces; the seventh has neither. Two cots are clearly visible. A soldier near the cots is holding his rifle above his head. A...
PFC Chris Ammons, holding rifle, stands in a cleared area in front of tall trees. A strand of barbed wire runs in front of the trees; just behind his left foot is a post in the ground with two strands attached.
SP4 Christopher Ammons and SGT Eldridge at Lai Khe in May 1968. Ammons (on right) is holding a captured AK-47. These guns were originally Russian made with a high front sight and distinctive banana magazine that holds 40 rounds.
194th MP Security Platoon on Vung Chua Mountain pose before a patrol with trucks and military facilities behind them. Pictured, left to right, are Hammonds, Doughty, Clark, Race, Riggle, Manning, and Chu. Most are smiling. The six soldiers are...
Co. D, 2nd Regiment Tennessee Cavalry USA drilling in formation. The image shows guidon, muskets, carbines, and Colt revolving rifles. Co. D was predominantly from Blount County, possibly Cades Cove. The image has been hand-tinted.
Lockplate of a C. Chapman rifle. It was made either at the Nashville Arsenal or the Sumner Armory at Gallatin. Fewer than 100 of these rifles were made.
Military-issued brass powder flask with stopper. Probably 1830s-1840s, possibly Mexican War era. Continued to be made up to the 1850s. They started using these flasks when Mississippi Rifles came into use around time of the War of 1812. Flask was...
Co. E, 11th Ill. Cav. Regt. pin that belonged to David Preston Sherfy (alias George W. Garber). The pin is composed of crossed carbines with "11" above the rifles and "E" below.
Oath of allegiance sworn by Andrew J. Bullon to Henry Kitts, Grainger County Justice of the Peace. Bullon served as private in Co. K, 37th Tenn. Inf. Regt., formerly the 7th Tenn. Regt. Provisional Army (and also called the 1st East Tenn. Rifles).
Hand-drawn commemorative fraktur, or illustrated genealogy and Civil War memorial, of Peter Stiner's wartime service as a teamster with the Union "Fisk's Brigade" (he originally was conscripted into the 7th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA). Contains a...
This rifle was manufactured for the Confederate Army at the Pulaski Armory by W. N. Webb, N. B. Zuccarello and James McLean. While the barrel was new, some of the parts were repurposed from other weapons. "Pulaski C. S. A. 61" is engraved on the...
Receipt to Virgie B. Choat for one rifle valued at $16.00, reading, "In obedience to General order No. 1 issued by the Governor and Commander in Chief in accordance with a recent act of the Tennessee Legislature, I have proceeded to have valued the...
This questionnaire from the Ordnance Department requires every officer commanding a company or regiment of cavalry to answer the questions and return the form to the Ordance Office along with their regular quarterly return of ordnance stores.
World War 1914-1918; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Women; Gas masks; Rifles; War
Americans from the 118th Regiment Infantry (formerly First South Carolina Infantry, detachment First North Carolina Infantry, and Second South Carolina Infantry), 30th Division, passing through Brancourt le Grand, Aisne. The soldiers are standing...
