U.S. 5th Marine Regiment in Damblain, France during World War I. The troops stand at attention. General Charles A. Doyen with U.S. officers. He inspects the U.S. 5th Marine Regiment. The General walks on the streets of Damblain with some U.S. officers. Children walk along with the officers. The General talks to a French officer. He gets in a car. A soldier salutes. A young girl and a boy stand in front of the car. The cars leaves and civilians stand at side.
U.S. Marines turn in their clothing (appears to be rolled up Marine Tunics and/or blankets) for delousing in Doclour, France during World War I. Fumigating chambers on a trailer. The marines give their clothes to laundrymen. They put the clothes into the fumigating chambers. The chambers are closed. Pressurized steam gushes out from the chambers. The chamber doors are opened. The clothes are taken out and are given back to the marines.
U.S. 6th Marine Regiment in Sommerance, France during World War I. U.S. Marine troops march in the streets with guns on their shoulders. Trucks in the background. A soldier on a bike. A car on a road. Soldiers get off from the car. Civilians walk on the street along with their donkeys The donkeys carry load on their backs. The soldiers stand near the donkeys. A soldier gives food to a donkey. Carts with loaded goods. Horses near the carts. A truck loaded with U.S. troops on the road. Houses in the background. Smoke rises due to an explosion. Damaged houses.
U.S. Army Major General Roy Hoffman, Commander, U.S. 93rd Infantry Division, with staff officers at Division headquarters in Maffrecourt, France during World War 1. They discuss a document, and pose. for a photograph.
African American soldiers of the 369th Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division ("Harlem Hellfighters"), United States Army, march in formation along a road in Maffrecourt, France, in World War 1. They are led by mounted officers, and a brass band (likely under the direction of band leader Lt. James Reese Europe). Unit leaders salute as they pass the camera. Mules pull several artillery pieces and caissons. Several medics march with stretchers. The U.S. flag is the only one carried by the color guard. No unit colors are seen. The 369th Infantry soldiers wear French helmets because they were assigned to the French Army during the war, as the U.S. Army (American Expeditionary Forces) did not permit African Soldiers in combat.
369th Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division United States Army African American soldiers occupy trenches near Maffrecourt, France during World War 1. They were also nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters. Troops fire from trenches. Though American, the 369th Infantry soldiers are wearing French helmets because the U.S. Army (American Expeditionary Forces) did not permit African Soldiers in combat, so the unit was assigned to the French Army during the war. In one scene the African American soldiers are seen putting on gas masks during a gas attack drill. Soldier shows a document to Colonel. He ties a message to the carrier pigeon and releases it. African American soldiers rush from a trench toward the front with their rifles.