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1914-1918
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Soldiers About to Enter Tear-Gas Trench, Camp Dix, N.J.
A group of American soldiers wearing gas masks enter a tear-gas trench for practice with chemical warfare at Camp Dix, NJ.
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Introducing Baseball in Germany, U. S. Army of Occupation on the Rhine.
A view of an enormous crowd of American soldiers of the second division watching an army baseball game in Neuwied, Germany after the occupation.
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1918
Partners of Americans in Marne Counter-Offensive French Moroccan Troops on Villers-Cotterets Road.
French Moroccan troops march up the National Highway to the Second Battle of the Marne. In the background, an American military policeman directs traffic.
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Looking from Belleau Village South across the Valley to Belleau Wood
An American soldier stands on the remaining wall of a destroyed building looking at what is left of Belleau Wood after the battle.
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Projectile Weighing 1070 lbs.--Powder 325 lbs. One Load for the 12-inch Disappearing Gun, Fortress Monroe, Va.
An American soldier stands, grinning, beside an armor-piercing shell and the 325 lbs of gunpowder required to load it at a military fort in Virginia.
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Joffre and Pershing in Governor's Gardens, Paris, France.
Marshal Joffre and General Pershing, the Commanders-in-chief of the French and American forces, respectively, are mid-discussion at the Governor's Gardens in Paris, France.
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Second Division Men Entraining for the Return Home, Germany
This photograph is of soldiers waiting by trains to be taken home after the war ended. After the war, according to the photograph, some men were sent to occupy parts of Germany.
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Marshall Foch, General Pershing, Madame Joffre, Marshall Joffre and General Dubail, at Paris.
Marshal Joffre, Marshall Foch, and General Dubail, all French commanders, along with Marshall Joffre's wife and General Pershing, the American Commander-in-chief, pose for a photograph together in Paris, France.
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Uncle Sam and John Bull Again Fast Friends- Yankee Troops in London
This photograph is of soldiers marching in lines through London after victory. Some are carrying American flags and there is the House of Parliament in the background.
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German Prisoners Well Housed, near Belleau Woods, France.
German prisoners of war lined up against a barbed wire fence outside of their barracks in a prison camp.
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U. S. Army Tractor Negotiating the Steep Declivities of Rhine at Coblenz.
In the foreground, an American soldier drives a tractor up the steep bank of the Rhine River. In the background is the city of Coblenz. Cathedral steeples and bridges can be seen.
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"And Now We Lie in Flanders' Fields." Vallee Foulon, France.
A military cemetery, for fallen soldiers in World War I, in the mountains of Northern France.
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Weird Desolation of Berry au Bac, after Four Years of Fighting, France
The destroyed countryside of Berry au Bac at the end of the war.
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Lieut. LeMaitre. French Aviation Forces, Explaining "Nieuport" Airplane, Fortress Monroe, Va.
French Lieutenant LeMaitre explains the functioning of a German Nieuport airplane to a fellow soldier at Fort Monroe in Virginia. Many European aviators went to the United States to help train American pilots.
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Ruined Villae of Eclusiers, France. M'lle Semmer Decorated for Heroic Actions under Fire.
Two soldiers stand on either side of Mademoiselle Marcelle Semmer, a young woman from Eclusiers, a village on the Somme. She was honored with the Cross of the Legion of Honor and the War Cross for putting herself at risk to air the French war effort.
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German Prisoners, Under Guard of French Soldiers, Were Humanely Treated by the Allies
A crowd of German prisoners of war sit or lie on the ground. Two French soldiers stand watch in the back.
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The New York City Skyline Brings a Thrill to the Heart of Every Returning Doughboy- U.S.S Louisiana Arriving in the Harbor
In this photograph a boat with soldiers discharged from war aproaches the New York City skyline.
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1917-1918
Boyish Germany Prisoners at a Dressing Station, Longpont
A young German soldier, taken prisoner of war, sits on a rock beside a Red Cross worker. In the background are a few other soldiers and a medical attendant.
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"Kamarad" and German Trophies in a French Chateau
This photograph is of a room that was turned into a war museum with memorbilia and statues from the war. On the left side there is a statue of a soldier whose sign reads "surrender." There are also many badges on display. This room is in what used to...
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1919
President Wilson and Brand Whitlock at Nieuport, Belgium
Woodrow Wilson stands talking with Brand Whitlock, the U.S. Minister to Belgium during the war, behind the two is a group of other diplomats.
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Feeding "Grannie"--Shell Hoisted into Position.
Soldiers use a pulley to load the twelve-inch howitzer, one of the largest guns used in the war, which they affectionately nicknamed, "Grannie".
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A Friendly Bout among Our Boys on Transport Returning from France
Two Americans box, surrounded by their comrades, on the deck of a transport ship on the return from France at the end of the war
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1918-1919
The Queen of Belgium Making Stereo Photo During Pres. Wilson's Visit to Belgium
Elizabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium during the war, stands in sparse Belgium woods, holding a camera, making a stereoard of what she sees.
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Altar of Malines Cathedral. Wrecked by German Shells.
A priest sits beside the destroyed altar at the Cathedral of St. Rombaut in Malines, Belgium, a town bombarded several times over the course of the war.
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Entrance to Dugout, Y.M.C.A. Station at Badonviller
This photograph is of a Y.M.C.A dugout during WWI. According to the photograph, the Y.M.C.A provided a lot for soldiers during the war. There is a forrest in the background.
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