Armistice Day, 1918. U.S. Army 28th Division greets German troops near Dampvitoux in France at the end of World War I. A village with small houses near Dampvitoux. The American Army greets German troops. They celebrate the end of the war, shake hands, and share cigarettes. A German soldier lights up a cigarette for an American army soldier. American and German troops raise hands, smile, and applaud. An American soldier trades caps with a German soldier.
Guarded by American dough boys (U.S. Army soldiers) with rifles and fixed bayonets, German war prisoners carry wounded U.S. troops on stretchers to dressing station at Missy-Aux-Bois in France on July 16th,1918 during World War I. Shows American forces in a hillside trench, lined up at the trench embankment and firing rifles at enemy positions. The trench position appears to be cut into the side of a forest hill with trees visible.
U.S. 105th Field Artillery troops at Etraye (France), celebrate Armistice Day on November 11th, 1918 marking the end of World War I. U.S. flag is raised. U.S. 4th Infantry, 3rd division troops march through Bacharach, Germany. The troops march through the center of town in formation. An armed U.S. Army guard patrols on the edge of the Rhine River in Bacharach as a boat towing wood passes down the river.
Raymond Poincaré, President of France, strides in a field with Czechoslovak and Allied Armed forces officers, reviewing the 21st Regiment of Czechoslovak legionnaires, who are in formation, at attention, presenting arms. Official guests at the ceremony include Edvard Beneš and other officials of the Czechoslovak National Council. Views of a Czechoslovak soldier holding aloft a banner presented by President Poincaré that was designed by Czech painter František Kupka, as a gift from the city of Paris. The banner being held aloft as reviewing officers stand at attention. View from rear of the Regiment in formation. Several views of the Regiment parading on the field behind a color guard holding the new Regimental colors.
United States 26th Infantry troops gather around tanks for tank instruction, during World War I, in France. One appears to be a British Mk IV. Also visible are two French Renault FT tanks. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
First aid being administered to wounded American Soldiers at Couveres-et-Valsery in France during World War I. Soldiers being bandaged in the field near of a battle site. Wounded soldiers are carried away on stretchers by groups of U.S. Army soldiers, some wearing long trench coats.