Wounded soldiers of the United States Army being treated in France during World War I. Wounded soldiers get first aid at Couvrres-et-Valsery on 18 July, 1918. Casualties being carried on stretchers. German prisoners of war carry wounded Americans to a dressing station in Missy-Aux-Bois on 16 July, 1918.
Views of the Chateau of Franc-port located close to the forest at Rethondes, near the town of Compiègne, where the German delegation was lodged during the World War 1armistice negotiations. On November 8, 1918, a steam locomotive pulls Marshal Foch's train through the railroad station in Compiègne, on the way to the armistice negotiations. Later, on November 11, 1918, after the Armistice is signed, the train is seen as it returns and slows to a stop at the station, in Compiègne. The train bears the name: " Compagnie Internationale Des Wagon-Lits Et Des Grands Express Europeens." Several cars of the train are seen close up, including the voiture-restaurant and dining car number 2419 D, in which the armistice was actually signed. Several French soldiers are seen inside the train, and looking out its windows. A large group of French troops pose and celebrate in front of the train, parked in the station.
A cortege of U.S. Army trucks, covered with American flags and laden with flag-covered coffins of American soldiers,who fell in combat on May 27th, 1918,proceeds through the streets of Baccarat, France, in World War 1. U.S. soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Division march as escorts, beside the trucks. Local citizens observe from the sides of the road. Scene shifts to Memorial Day (May 30, 1918), when U.S. Army Major General Charles T. Menoher and U.S. Army Colonel Douglas MacArthur,of the 42nd Infantry Division, are joined by French Generals Dupont and Penet, in decorating the graves of fallen American soldiers, during a ceremony at a rugged battlefield cemetery containing new graves marked by wooden crosses. A little French girl places a bouquet (reportedly made by Major General Menoher) upon the grave of an American soldier.She is accompanied by other French children who also place bouquets on the graves. An honor guard of American soldiers fires a salute. Scene shifts to a gathering of American soldiers at their base in Baccarat, where they surround a small outdoor stage, to watch a Miss Hart, of the YMCA theatrical Corps dance the Higland Fling. She is dressed in traditional costume of Scotland and accompanied by a violinist. A group of Army musicians, seated close to the stage, watch the performance along with the rest of the troops.
The French line ship, SS Lorraine, in camouflage paint, seen backing into port at Bordeaux, France, on June 24, 1918. Belgian troops of the ACM Corps (Autos-Canons-Mitrailleuses, Belgian armored unit) disembark. They are seen as they walk down a gangway from the ship, in combat uniforms and steel helmets, and carrying their weapons and personal gear. (Note: Soldiers of this armored unit from Belgium fought alongside the Imperial Russian army against German and Austrian troops in 1915 in Russia, during World War 1, before the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, after which they were stranded in hostile territory. They left Vladivostok for the United States on the SS Sheridan, and docked at San Francisco on May 12, 1918. They were warmly greeted as they proceeded across the U.S. to New York city, where they participated in the Memorial Day Parade. After leaving New York City, aboard the SS La Lorraine, they reached Bordeaux on June 24 1918.)
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 94th Aero Squadron in Toul, France during World War I. April 1918 - Commanding Officer 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron Major John W.F.M. Huffer and French-American pilot Major Raoul Lufbery talk with AEF weekly newspaper "Stars and Stripes" editor Major S. P Adams. Captain David M. Peterson stands beside a Nieuport 28c.1 fighter aircraft,with its "Hat in Ring" insignia on the side. 1Lt. Alan F. Winslow stands beside Lt Rickenbacker's Nieuport #12 and starts walking. Jump to November, 1918 - the remaining officers of the 94th Aero Squadron reunite, including Captain James A. Meissner (C.O.147th Aero), 1st Lt Joseph Eastman, Captains Eddie Rickenbacker (now C.O. 94th Aero) and Reed Chambers, and 1st Lt Thorne Taylor (all 94th) standing beside Rickenbacker's SPAD S.XIII #1 parked in front of a hangar at Foucaucourt Aerodrome, France, November 1918. (WWI,WW1, World War One, First World War)
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 94th Fighter Squadron in France during World War I. 2nd Lieutenant E. K. Delaney climbs into the cockpit of a USAAS De Havilland Airco DH-4 bomber. An officer and a ground crewman are standing near the nose of the aircraft. 2nd Lieutenant Allan F. Winslow seated in the cockpit of USAAS Nieuport 28 C-1 . A ground crewman turns the propeller of an Airco DH-4. Another crewman holds the first crewman's arm. The DH-4 bomber taxis away. The parked Nieuport 28 C-1 with its engine running. Lieutenant Douglas Campbell of the 94th fighter Squadron seated in the cockpit of the Nieuport 28 C-1. Two parked Nieuport 28 C-1s start to taxi. Third Nieuport 28 C-1 parked in the foreground. A Nieuport 28 C-1 taxis away. Bi-wing of a parked aircraft in the foreground. Ground crewmen starting the engine of a Nieuport 28 C-1. Ground crewmen hold onto the wings as the wheel chocks are removed and the aircraft turns. The aircraft takes off. Two ground crewmen standing beside a parked bi-winged aircraft in the foreground. American fighter ace Lieutenant Eddie Rickenbacker seated in the cockpit of a SPAD S. XIII fighter aircraft. 94th Aero Squadron "Hat in Ring" insignia on the side of the aircraft. Lieutenant Rickenbacker seated in the cockpit of a SPAD S. XIII near Rembercourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France on 18th October, 1918. A Nieuport 28 C-1 takes off.