U.S. 16th infantry troops at Seicheprey in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France on September 14th,1918, during World War 1. The troops take cover in a hole left by an exploded shell. Then they advance through the barbed wire fences and enemy fire. U.S. Medical Corps men tend to the wounded.
View of a medical first aid dressing station of the U.S. 18th Infantry at Exermont in France on October 5th ,1918. American soldiers receive first aid. Bandages being applied to a soldier's leg. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
U.S. Army 1st Division troops fire 1914 Hotchkiss heavy machine guns at the enemy at Exermont in France on October 4th,1918 during World War I. Soldier spots enemy's machine gun nest through his periscope binoculars.German machine gun nests are destroyed with hand grenades and rifle grenades.
U.S. Army 128th Infantry, 32nd Division troops, with several French soldiers, at Austerlitz woods in Alsace Germany on June 5th,1918. An American rifleman looks for German soldiers, through binoculars. He fires one shot from his rifle. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American gunners of the 7th Field Artllery fire mustard gas shells from a French 75 field piece in a sandbagged revetment at Varmaise in Oise, France, on July 5, 1918. As they rapid fire, traces of mustard gas emerge from their gun, so they all don their personal gas masks, and continue firing the gas shells. Change of scene shows American troops at a trench in a field, donning gas masks when warned of a German gas attack. With gas masks in place, they commence firing a trench mortar. A string of explosions is seen in the distance, presumably from a number of mortars firing. Scene shifts, again, to troops wearing gas masks, firing their Springfield rifles, from their trench. It appears that they are following a reported World War I practice of loading their magazines to capacity with a 5-round stripper clip, and then firing only single rounds, with the magazine cutoff in "off," to save the reserve for emergencies.
A stricken German observation aircraft is seen falling in a flat spin, as photographed from a trench at Cuperly,France on July 19th,1918. It is lost from sight below the crest of the trench. French and American troops gather around the downed plane, as French medical personnel treat the German pilot, who has survived the crash. They carry him away. Meanwhile many French and American military personnel examine the downed German biplane which is powered by an exposed 6 cylinder in line engine and has large ailerons on upper wings.It is equipped with a Parabellum MG 14 machine gun. French Aviator Raymond Vamier, who shot down the plane, poses near its wreckage.