U.S.130th Field Artillery troops clean and fire French 75 artillery pieces in France. Gun crew cleans and adjusts their gun. Battery of French 75s firing. Close look at gun crew operating their French 75 in rapid fire.
French and American soldiers remove a makeshift fence from around the grave of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt (son of former President Theodore Roosevelt) who was killed during aerial combat in skies over Chamery, France, on June 14, 1918. He was buried with honors, in a battlefield grave, marked with a simple wooden cross, by German fliers. Now American and French soldiers are seen placing a new fence around the grave, along with a new cross and headstone, engraved in French. They also place floral pieces on the grave.
The Aisne Marne Operation in France. French Army units at Missy-aux-Bois. Soldiers ride mule driven carts and troops walk carrying rifles on muddy road. Soldiers rest on hillside with packs and gear. Brief view of U.S. 7th artillery troops taking up positions, as well.
The Aisne Marne Operation in France. U.S. Army 4th Infantry troops stand besides a truck in Sergy. A soldier writes in a notebook. Other soldiers stand besides him and watch. Two of the soldiers sitting on rocks, with one of them showing the note book to the other. The two soldiers smoke pipes and discuss what is written in the book.
The Aisne Marne Operation in France. U.S. 7th Field Artillery units set up French 75 batteries and fire them along a roadside and from camouflaged positions. Several 6 inch guns under camouflage canopies.
The Aisne Marne Operation in France. American medics stand by a tent besides road. A truck passes by the tent. Building in the background. Soldiers in a dugout. Stretcher besides the dugout. Wounded soldiers rest at a field hospital. They lie down, sit and stand near a building. A basket on table in the foreground.
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