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...
World War, 1914-1918; War; Tanks (Military Science); Flags
Three hundred and first Tank Battalion. America's heavies going into action at Souplet on the morning of October 17, 1918. Note the American flag flying from one of the tanks. St. Souplet, Nord, France.
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Salvage; Arms & armament
30th Division salvage dump for material and equipment hastily gathered up on the battlefield in France. A group of soldiers are going through items in the dump to determine what they can use in the future. This dump is located next to a brick...
This photograph is taken of the "Dead End" of the Ypres Canal and looking southeast. Pictured are a factory chimney, the remains of the tower of "Cloth Hall," the first aid station, and Rue de Dixmude.
Card from Christopher Ammons featuring a cartoon soldier and the text Dont Worry While Im in Vietnam. A message on the back describes weather and night at Vung Chua Mountain in Qui Nhon, including regularly scheduled movies at an outdoor theater. ...
Pamphlet describing the proceedings of a mass meeting of the 7th Tenn. Cav., Rucker's Brigade, Jackson's Division, CSA. The resolutions expressed by this meeting of officers and enlisted men, despite the short time remaining for hostilities, are...
Stone monument of a riderless horse at Chickamauga Battlefield Park near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Carving on monument reads, "First Wisconsin Cavalry, 2nd Brig. 1st Div. Cavalry Corps."; Descriptive text on the reverse side of postcard.
Certificate of payment for Confederate Major General B. F. Cheatham for services from June 1 to July 1, 1863, for a total of $300.00. Signed by M. B. Pilcherd, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Paymaster in Cheatham's Division.
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....
Three-page handwritten letter written from Ammons to his family recounting his attendance at the Bob Hope USO show on Christmas Eve in 1967. He describes being issued clean fatigues, flying on a Chinook helicopter to Lai Khe Base Camp, and viewing...
Three-page handwritten letter from Ammons to his family. He describes returning to his company's Lai Khe Base Camp from Close Infantry Combat (C.I.C) training to find the company had two men killed and two wounded in an ambush. The unit had...
Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Hats; Arms & armament; Mountains; Hats; Rifles; Firearms
Sgt. Chris Ammons sits on a rock while on patrol near Vung Chua Mountain. He is wearing a boonie hat and has a towel wrapped around his neck, as was customary in the sweltering climate of Vietnam. He is holding his M-16 assault rifle, and another...
Three-page handwritten letter from Ammons at Lai Khe Base Camp to his family describing his assignment to the 3rd Platoon as a Rifleman. He will be carrying the M79 grenade launcher, two Claymore mines, trip flares, grenades, and a .45 caliber...
Two-page handwritten letter from Ammons to his family. He recounts a search and destroy mission undertaken by his company and his selection to attend the Bob Hope USO Christmas show.
Two-page letter written by Ammons to his family on the day he arrived in Vietnam. He describes conditions and housing at the 90th Replacement Battalion headquarters, 22 miles north of Saigon; the appearance and poverty of the Vietnamese villagers;...
Four-page letter written on Fort Campbell stationery by Christopher Ammons from basic training to his family. He details gathering together some items and visiting a museum, but the majority of the letter describes and lauds PVT Smith (Smitty)....
Ammons's four-page letter on U.S. Army stationery to his mother and father describes his first days in the Army. He relates the military routine, getting his dog tags, standing fire watch, and waiting for his uniform. He remarks on the fact that...
