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Private M. L. Hunley of Company K
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Rifles; Gas masks; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare; Military life; Infantry
"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

Soldiers digging themselves in for the night
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Rifles; Gas masks; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare
A group of American soldiers are resting after a battle that had begun in the morning. They are positioned behind a trench or a small hill and are getting ready to rest for the evening.
Tennessee in World War I

Members of Thirtieth Division sniping in Belgium
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,...
Tennessee in World War I

French Grenadiers at Marne
World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Armies; Warfare; Campaigns & battles; Grenadiers; Marne, 2nd Battle of the, France, 1918; Trench warfare
French Grenadiers taken at the Battle of the Marne in France. The soldiers are shown in trenches.
Tennessee in World War I

French front line trenches
World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Firearms; Trench warfare
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

German trenches at Belleau Wood
World War, 1914-1918; Belleau Wood, Battle of, France, 1918; Trench warfare; Campaigns & battles; Foxholds
German trenches at Belleau Wood in France.
Tennessee in World War I

U.S. Coast Artillery in action at Lenoncourt (Meuse)
Soldiers; Military uniforms; Campaigns & battles; Howitzers; Cannons; Artillery (Weaponry); World War, 1914-1918
Group of American soldiers in the process of loading a howitzer. There is a sign on a tree that reads: "7th Bty Howitzer Regt CAC" indicating this group to be a part of the Seventh Battery Howitzer Regiment of the Coastal Artillery Corps.
Tennessee in World War I

Melted minie ball
Minie ball that appears to have been melted and remolded, perhaps an attempt at trench art.
Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee

Remains of a Boche
War casualties; War destruction & pillage; War damage; World War, 1914-1918
Pictured skeleton of the enemy on the ground surrounded by debris, fully clothed.
Tennessee in World War I

Sketch of Battle of Franklin battlefield from John Johnston's Civil War Remembrances, circa 1864
Maps; Rivers; Streams; Settlements
Rough sketch from John Johnston's Civil War Reminiscences of the battlefield for the Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864, showing the Franklin-Columbia Pike, Federal trench, Confederate lines, and topographic features.
Civil War Maps

Boche soldiers
War casualties; Campaigns & battles; World War, 1914-1918
Several decomposing bodies of slain German soldiers are pictured strewn across a battlefield in the Roye (Oise) region of France.
Tennessee in World War I

German machine-gun emplacements on Hindenburg Line
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Rifles; Gas masks; Forts & fortifications; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare; Tunnels
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

Trench scene at Batagland "Four de Paris"
World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Trench warfare
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

Trenches, mine craters, and shell holes
War; World War, 1914-1918; War destruction & pillage; Craters; Campaigns & battles; Forts & fortifications
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

C'est le Guerre
Barbed wire; Prisoners; Military personnel; War; Fighting; Firearms
This page in Mitchener's diary shows the prisoners and guards seeking cover in a trench; several German guards are pictured shooting guns. Mitchener writes, "Near Priebus, second nite out ---C'est le guerre [It's war] - Down the road, rattled a...
Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. Journal

30th Infantry Division radio operators
Communication devices; Trench warfare; Military uniforms; Military personnel; Soldiers; Radios; World War 1914-1918; War
Wireless station and operators working in front-line trenches during a battle.
Tennessee in World War I

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