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  • Soldiers examining a mine crater
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Mine warfare; Mines (Warfare); Explosives; Military retreats; Soldiers
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    Huge crater caused by the explosion of mine planted and exploded by the Germans in their retreat before the American troops.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Trench scene at Batagland "Four de Paris"
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    World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Trench warfare
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    Soldiers inside a trench, some are standing and others are lying down in dugouts. The floor appears to be constructed of wood planks.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • French front line trenches
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    World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Firearms; Trench warfare
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    French soldiers standing and sitting in a front line trench. Three soldiers are standing casually and looking outside the trench. Two soldiers below them, one standing and the other sitting, are conversing with one another. The interior of the...
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Red Cross dogs
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    World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Dogs of war; Trench warfare
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    French soldiers practicing with Red Cross dogs in the trenches near Luippes.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • French Grenadiers at Marne
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    World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Armies; Warfare; Campaigns & battles; Grenadiers; Marne, 2nd Battle of the, France, 1918; Trench warfare
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    French Grenadiers taken at the Battle of the Marne in France. The soldiers are shown in trenches.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • On board U.S.S. Rumpler [sic Rambler] - ready for the subs
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    World War, 1914-1918; Sailors; African Americans; Warships; Arms & armament; Naval warfare
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    Unidentified seamen aboard the U.S.S. Rambler during convoy escort duty. The men are operating the ship's 3"/50 gun. The inscription on the photograph incorrectly identifies the ship as the U.S.S. Rumpler.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Street in Noyon mined by Germans
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    World War, 1914-1918; Mine warfare; Mines (Warfare); Explosives; War damage; Soldiers; Debris
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    The ruins of a street in Noyon as a result of mine warfare. Two French soldiers in the foreground appear to be looking at something on the ground. Two men are clearing debris in the background.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • German trenches at Belleau Wood
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    World War, 1914-1918; Belleau Wood, Battle of, France, 1918; Trench warfare; Campaigns & battles; Foxholds
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    German trenches at Belleau Wood in France.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • French Artillery Observation Post
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    World War, 1914-1918; Artillery (weaponry); Soldiers; Armies; Warfare; Campaigns & battles; Military intelligence; Surveillance
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    A French artillery observation post. There are five French soldiers shown in the photograph.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • In action East of Roye
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    Warfare; Arms & armament; Artillery (weaponry); Campaigns & battles; Military art & science; World War, 1914-1918
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    A battle in progress east of Roye.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Trenches, mine craters, and shell holes
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    War; World War, 1914-1918; War destruction & pillage; Craters; Campaigns & battles; Forts & fortifications
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    The caption reads, "Trenches, mine craters, and shell holes." The photograph was taken at Vauquois Hill in the Meuse-Argonne sector of France. The photograph has a desolate,"moonscape" quality to it.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Mine crater
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    War; Mine warfare; Mines (warfare); Explosives; Military retreats; Soldiers; War damage; World War, 1914-1918
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    Huge crater caused by the explosion of mine planted and exploded by the Germans in their retreat before the American troops.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Handbook for U. S. forces in Vietnam: page 27 - drawing of fortified Viet-Cong village
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    Villages; Tunnels; Booby traps; Mines (Warfare); Moats; Observation towers
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    The illustration on page 27 is identified as Figure 12. It is a line drawing illustrating the manner in which Viet-Cong (VC) villages were typically fortified. Labeled on the illustration include the following: tunnels, a booby trap, a man trap, a...
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • Handbook for U. S. forces in Vietnam: page 71 - diagram of response to Viet-Cong attack on a hamlet
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    Villages; Ambushes; Diagrams
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    The illustration on page 71 is identified as Figure 38. It is a line drawing of the recommended military reaction to a Viet-Cong (VC) attack on a hamlet. The schematic is followed by textual directions on the proper military response to this...
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • General Order No. 73 from Headquarters District of Tennessee, Nashville
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    General order No. 73 from Major General Rousseau sentencing Alfred Fowler of Sumner County to three years hard labor in the penitentiary in Nashville for the crime of "being a bushwhacker" with the Lay & Harper Gang, shooting at Federal Soldiers,...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • French tanks going into line
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    Tanks (Military science); Tracklaying vehicles; Motorcycles; War damage; World War, 1914-1918
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    A number of tanks headed down a road and accompanied by several soldiers on foot and one on a motorcycle. The scarred terrain appears in the background of the shot.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Damaged Civil War steamboat
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    Steamboats; Vessels; Sailors; Navies; Piers & wharves; Naval warfare; Scuttling of warships; Warships
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    Military side-wheel steamboat, probably an ironclad, at dock. Its smokestack has collapsed. Soldiers are seen aboard the vessel.
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • USS Vindicator
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    Steamboats; Gunboats; Sailors; Navies; Vessels; Naval warfare; Warships
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    US Navy warship, the USS Vindicator, with soldiers on the top deck in front of the wheel boxes and on the bow. There is a cannon on the stern and three smaller boats tied to the USS Vindicator.
  • Civil War Soldier Photographs
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  • German machine-gun emplacements on Hindenburg Line
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    Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Rifles; Gas masks; Forts & fortifications; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare; Tunnels
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    Six unidentified soldiers occupy a former German machine-gun emplacement on the Hindenburg Line on the east bank of the St. Quentin Tunnel.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Private M. L. Hunley of Company K
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    Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Rifles; Gas masks; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare; Military life; Infantry
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    "Pvt. M. L. Hunley of Company K, 117th Regiment Infantry, 30th Division and other unidentified soldiers in a trench. Pvt. Hunley appears to be mending a piece of his equipment. The description on the back of the photograph describes him as "caught...
  • Tennessee in World War I

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