Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. United states101st Infantry soldiers play drums and march at Airbase in Rembercourt, France, during World War I. U.S. General Hunter Ligget reviews the parade. Soldiers lined up as the General reviews them, accompanied by high ranking French officers. A French General presents the Croix de guerre medal to three fliers of 94th Aero Squadron, including Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. General and other officers salute as soldiers march past them. U.S. Major General Hunter Liggett, and another U.S. Major General converse. Soldiers, including contingents of French troops continue to march in review. Aircraft and a hangar visible in the background. Major General Hunter Liggett and another U.S. Major General, pose with French officer counterparts.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. British Sopwith Camel bomber aircraft of United States 148th Aero Squadron lined up on a field in Berques, France. Men work on the planes and then push them for take off. Bombers take off and in flight. A plane makes a crash landing and lands vertically on its nose. Men run to help the pilot get off the plane. They push the plane to get it back on its wheels.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. Men of American Expeditionary Forces load bombs under the wing of an aircraft at a bombing school in Clermont, France. A trolley carries bombs near the plane. A man turns a small propeller and attaches it to the shell of a bomb. A man works on the parts of an aircraft as he checks the bomb release mechanism. Men with bomb shells work on them. Aircraft in flight as a man looks through a pair of binoculars. Other men plot a diagram on a sheet with the help of a ruler. A man works at a desk with a sheet spread in front of him. Two men check an aerial camera. An aircraft drops a bomb and explosion occurs. A pillar of smoke rises up.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. United States 99th Squadron pilot prepares to take off as he puts on his flight gear. His aircraft bears a buffalo insignia on its fuselage. Aircraft takes off from a field in France. Two pilots in their flight gear as they stand near an aircraft. Men push a plane along the field before it takes off.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War 1. American military personnel on street in a town near Toul, France. A French farmer on a tractor pulls an agricultural tool over a grass pasture. A DH-4 Aircraft takes off from a grass flying field. Large group of American fliers pose in front of a line of Spad pursuit airplanes. Some of them hold walking sticks. One holds a pet dog. Several pilots walk to the camera, salute, and walk away. Pilots don their flight gear. Insignia of Indian with full head dress, on fuselage of airplane identifies it as belonging to the American 103rd Aero Pursuit Squadron. A line of 103rd Squadron Spad aircraft start engines, and taxi.
Victims of the Gestapo in Polygone, France. German prisoners dig up graves in Polygone, France to remove victims of Nazis from their graves. A dead body removed and placed on a stretcher. A dead man's shoes removed and placed in a box held by a red cross worker. Notes are made during the process. Prisoners continue to dig the graves. A cross on a grave in the foreground. (World War II period).
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