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Allied troops celebrate the Armistice Day on November 11th, 1918 marking the end of World War I.
U.S. 105th Field Artillery troops at Etraye (France), celebrate the Armistice Day on November 11th, 1918 marking the end of World War 1. U.S. flag is raised. U.S. 4th Infantry, 3rd division troop march through Bacharach, Germany. An armed guard patrols.
Free French vehicles moving, damaged buildings, a WW1 Memorial in La Haye Du Puits (WW2)
French troops passing through La Haye Du Puits, Normandy during World War 2. M3 half-tracks pass by ruins of buildings. Army trucks park near a World War 1 memorial used as a motor pool. Two tricolor Free France flags in the World War 1 memorial. An M3 half-track driving, with the Église Saint-Jean showing its damage (Place Patton, 50250 La Haye, France) in the background. French soldiers in trucks pass by a street with shops with signs “CITROEN”, “E. DE SAINT-GERMAIN” and “X GRANDES MARQUES”. Storefronts are damaged from bombing. Tricolor French flags in the street. A close view of a World War 1 Memorial with inscriptions “LA-HAYE-DU-PUITS A SES GLOREAUX MORTS 1914-1918” (“LA-HAYE-DU-PUITS TO ITS GLORIOUS DEAD 1914-1918” in English).
Camouflaged artillery bombard Cantigny, France and U.S. Marines in a trench in Belleau Wood during the Marne Operation.
Chateau Thierry and the Aisne Marne Operation in France. U.S. Army shells Cantigny. The soldiers near the artillery. Camouflaged artillery bombards Cantigny. U.S. troops load shells in the artillery and fire. Smoke comes out of the artillery after firing. Destroyed building. Trucks loaded with U.S. troops. The troops ride forward in trucks. Ruins in Chateau Thierry. U.S. Marines in a trench in Belleau Wood. The soldiers eat food and stand in a group. (May 28-30, 1918 Battle of Cantigny) (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
U.S. soldiers discover the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, when they reoccupy Chamery, France, in World War I
American soldiers collect bits of wreckage from Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt's airplane, where it crashed in Chamery, France, on June 14, 1918. They place these items on the grave of Lt. Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, where he had been buried by German aviators who also placed the inscribed wooden cross seen in closeup. View of the soldiers surrounding the grave with bared bowed heads as one stands at attention. Next, a Chaplain is seen reading from a prayer book as he conducts a brief funeral service. A Colonel stands next to him along with a group of soldiers wearing overseas caps and trench coats. Some of the soldiers place items on the grave and straighten it up. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American troops reviewed by General Douglas MacArthur and General John J. Pershing in France
Newsreel from 1942 shows 1918 World War I footage of a review of troops in France by Chief of Staff (and subsequently Brigadier General) Douglas MacArthur along with General John J. Pershing, head of the United States' National Army. Some French officers are also visible in the gathering. The military officers watch as U.S. Army troops, presumably of MacArthur's 42nd "Rainbow" Division march. Pershing and MacArthur review the troops along with other senior military officers. Pershing and MacArthur shake hands. Military automobiles on a dirt road near the men.
Scenes of American forces in France at conclusion of World War I, Christmas gifts, and immediate postwar period
Several u.S. Army soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) stand near three French children, outside a church building in France, during World War 1. A large relief of Christ on crucifix is displayed on the wall behind them. One soldier kneels down next to the children and gives them some chocolates. He talks with them. Closeup of the children eating their candy. A boy wipes his hands on his sweater. The children make circles on their tummies, indicating that the food tasted good. New sequence shows American Army of occupation troops celebrating Christmas, 1918, at Montabaur, Germany. They are assembled at a hillside, around a platform holding a monument and statue. A large decorated Christmas tree is set up on one side of the monument, and an Army brass band stands on the other side. Captain William A. Turner, of the Salvation Army, dressed as Santa Claus, hands out gifts to some of the soldiers, assembled in the foreground. There also appear to be some local German people gathered to the far right, of the brass band. Next, "Santa Claus" is seen throwing gifts out to the gathered soldiers. Scene shifts, again, this time to several U.S. Navy dreadnought battleships that might be returning troops from Europe back to the United States. The first seen is a two-stacker, Florida-class; the second is the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and the third is the two-stacker USS New York (BB-34). Final sequence shows U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, and Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, in top hats, stand on deck of a ship with with its Captain (a U.S. Navy Commander) to review U.S. Battleships returning from service with the British fleet in World War 1. The dim image of a battleship is seen in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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