World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Horses; Campaigns & battles; Troop movements
British Artillery making quick time getting to the front. Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France. October 17, 1918. Photograph shows soldiers moving artillery in action.
World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles
Sixty-pound guns in action at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. This British long-range gun will send its projectiles 15,000 yards. Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France. October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the...
Military vehicles; Trucks; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Uniforms; Artillery (Weaponry); Antiaircraft guns; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; War allies; Batteries (Weaponry); Firearms
Image features a silhouette of a British battery of the 110th section, Antiaircraft Unit. The men pictured are all looking off into the distance. The gun is being operated by a group of soldiers and it is aimed towards the sky. The weapon is...
Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Uniforms; Carriages & coaches; Helmets; Graffiti; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; War destruction & pillage
"Americans out for a little recreation with the Huns' carriage, taken in the American drive on the Hindenburg section at Bellicourt. Bellicourt, Aisne, France. October 10, 1918." Several American soldiers are pictured examining a German carriage....
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Firearms; Rifles; Forts & fortifications; Canteens (Beverage containers); Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Snipers; Trench warfare
An unidentified infantryman of the American Expeditionary Force is positioned with his rifle in a trench in Belgium. He is wearing a typical uniform with full equipment including steel helmet of British design, canvas leggings, rolled blanket,...
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Gas masks; Military vehicles; Armored vehicles; Tanks (Military science); Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918;
A member of the American Expeditionary Force walks in front of a supply tank at Caution Paddock (near Villeret). He appears to have a cigarette in his mouth. "GRIFF" is written on front of the tank. The faint image of a person in a knee-length...
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Unidentified members of the American Expeditionary Force transporting a wounded comrade on the field.
Pamphlet issued by J. L. MacFarland, Solicitor of Claims, instructing individuals on how to recover claims with the United States for personal property used in the war effort by the U. S. Army. Loyalty requirements are listed, as are the types of...
This one-page printed provision return form with handwritten entries was submitted by Captain McDearmon of the 17th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, C. S. A., and represents three days of rations drawn by fifty-one men stationed at Camp Hope near...
One-page printed and handwritten inventory of commissary property form submitted by Lieutenant William Alonzo Wainwright, Regimental Quartermaster and Assistant Commissary of the 75th Indiana Infantry. The quantity of stationery, office furniture,...
Communication from Mrs. E. M. Hayes, wife of the late Oliver B. Hayes, listing thirteen line items including two mares, eighty-four head of sheep, five milk cows, and fifty-five hogs, total value of $3,142.00 dollars, that she claims were pressed...
Table of fourteen men and fifteen categories of clothing and equipment checked, including socks, trousers, drawers, knapsacks, ponchos, shoes, shirts, hats, blankets, overcoats, blouses, boots, caps, pocketbooks, and knives. The table also includes...
Letter from Benjamin C. Card, Quartermaster General, directing Mr. A. M. Hughes on how Wingate T. Robinson can apply for further compensation for Robinson's service as a spy for General Crook.
Letter from Christopher Ammons telling about meeting Thomas Page, a friend from Clarksville, in Qui Nhon. He and Page, a truck driver in the army, had a long conversation. Ammons asks his family to call Page's parents and tell them he is doing...
SP4 Christopher Ammons is pictured receiving the Purple Heart for his combat injury. Ammons, left, wears the medal on his uniform and smiles as the officer shakes his hand. All four men in the picture are wearing combat helmets.
The original and duplicate returns, the letter of transmittal, and all papers connected with them, were to be sent to the Chief of Ordnance in one package [Form No. 1 - (b.) For the use of Cavalry.].
Four-page letter handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family that announces his promotion to sergeant. He describes his fourth visit to Song Be for another seven-day search-and-destroy mission that ended with the discovery of numerous...
Three-page handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family in which he states that he is now the oldest member of his platoon. He is destined next for a mission between Highway 13 (Thunder Road) and the Song Be River. Ammons relates the...
