German prisoners play with dog pups at an interment camp in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA, during World War 1. (Fort Oglethorpe was established as an Army Post in 1902, and is part of Chickamauga National Military Park's North Post.) Prison barracks in the background. A prison guard fixes a tripod stand. A prisoner in the background watches the guard. (WWI; WW1)
German prisoners dig ground with pick-axes and pitch forks at an interment camp in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA, during World War 1. Prison camp can be seen in the background. (Fort Oglethorpe was established as a U.S. Army Post in 1902, and is located in the Chickamauga National Military Park's North Post area.) (WWI; WW1)
The United States Secretary of War, Newton D Baker during the second draft ceremony for World War I. His eyes are covered with a blindfold and he draws draft numbers from a bowl. The drawn draft number is read. General Enoch H. Crowder oversees the ceremony. A large number of draftees -- men dressed in suits and hats -- passes along a roadside. Men disembark a railroad train at a military training facility. Men march along tracks carrying the U.S. flags in hands. New recruits, including men and a few women practice marching in formation, still wearing civilian clothes.
The Austro-Hungarian Battleship, SMS Szent Istvan, is seen immediately after being torpedoed, off the Dalmation Coast, by Italian torpedo boats, during World War One. Smoke rising from the listing ship. She capsizes, rolling over completely as crew members slide off the decks and onto the hull as it rolls over. Crew members continue to slide off the ship into the water and swim away from the stricken ship.
A cargo ship with a single funnel underway on the high seas. Bow of a World War 1 warship being swept by waves. One gun barrel visible. A troop ship with two funnels in a rough sea, as viewed from another ship in a convoy. Line of American battleships underway (possibly Division 9 battleships of the British Grand Fleet).
Crew aboard a troop ship adjust position of several lifeboats on davits. View from another ship of a troop ship with two funnels underway in the Atlantic. Crewman standing atop the wheelhouse signaling by semaphore with flags. Two four-stacker destroyers seen escorting the convoy. World War I American troops at mess aboard ship and later marching to assigned stations during an emergency drill. Sailors practice loading and firing a deck gun.
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