Activities of U.S. Army soldiers in France during World War I. A motorbike parked on the field. A soldier standing with a mule near the motorcycle. Chow for soldiers and mules. The soldiers eat and drink. The soldiers feed a mule.
Activities of American soldiers in France during World War I. The exterior of a building. The mail call for the soldiers. A rooster stands outside the mail call slot and then goes back inside. The soldiers arrive near the building and receive postal mail through the same slot. They read their mail. The chow wagon for the soldiers. The soldiers eat food. Soldiers walking in a battle trench. An American soldier and a French soldier stand beside a sign post showing "5th Avenue" going one way and "Broadway" going the other (humorous signs recalling the New York City famous streets). The American soldier appears to be explaining the signs to the French soldier.
German prisoners of war in France during World War I. The German prisoners behind barbed wire. Representative of the prisoners in discussion with American and French officers. Additional close up views of faces of the German prisoners of war
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, being trained by French military instructors, soon after their arrival in France, during World War 1. American troops seen spread out in a field, most of them relaxing on the ground. A French instructor showing a U.S. soldier a rifle-propelled grenade. French instructors training American soldiers on hotchkiss, model 1914 machine guns. U.S. soldiers firing them. U.S. troops donning gas masks and then entering a bunker (presumably filled with tear gas) for training purposes. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. troops, of the American Expeditionary Forces, lined up with their gear ready to board a troop train in France, during World War 1. The train, comprising numerous boxcars, is seen underway. Then, the American troops are seen climbing down from the boxcars, some tossing their bedrolls ahead of them, at their destination. They line up in casual formation. All are wearing campaign hats (M1912 service hats) and still in training.
American field service volunteers in France during World War I. Officers come out of a building. They get into a military truck. American field service volunteers readying for service. A man shaves and another man wipes his face. Volunteers eat. Volunteers stand in a line. Officer reviews volunteers. Officers come out of a building including American, French, and British Allied officers. Officers stand and talk in a courtyard, including United States Army General John Pershing. Officers followed by volunteers march. An American Red Cross ambulance being driven away. Line of American Red Cross ambulances parked in a line. Volunteers emerge from truck and divide up to drive away the Ambulances. Volunteers carry an injured soldier on stretcher into the ambulance. Ambulance being driven over a rough road and discharging wounded at a field hospital.