Wartime activities of women in the United States during World War 2. American women wearing uniforms work at machines in factories, assisting with the war production effort. They perform work in operating machines including drill presses, sewing, and fine detail work with precision instruments. They sew airplane wing fabric and parachutes. They assemble and inspect precision instruments employing tiny bearings. The women war workers operate drill presses and lathes in a machine shop.
Recently released Allied Prisoners of War (POWs) kick and throw objects at several German soldiers, just captured as prisoner of war in Grasleben, Germany, during World War 2. The German soldiers run past them, with their hands raised; as the liberated Allied soldiers kick and throw things at them. A U.S. Army soldier of 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division gives food and water to the emaciated former Allied prisoners.
American Expeditionary Forces, 111th Infantry Regiment troops, debarking from a transport ship, at Calais, France, during World War 1. They wear campaign hats, carry their rifles, and carry their gear in back packs. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American Expeditionary Forces troops of the 111th Infantry Regiment, debark from a transport ship (with identification E.8106, painted on its superstructure) at Calais, France, during World War 1. They form into units and march along the pier, next to a line of trains marked with red crosses. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Three officers of the 112th Infantry Regiment (Sixteenth Pennsylvania) American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) pose for the camera at Port of Calais, France, upon arrival there in May, 1918,during World War 1. Two wear campaign hats and one wears a service cap with chin strap fastened. Troops offload duffle bags from trucks onto a railroad station platform, and sort them by units. The troops enter a warehouse where they are issued Enfield rifles and bayonets. Soldiers standing in a group familiarizing themselves with their new weapons and cleaning them. A locomotive pulling troops in rail freight cars with open side doors. The soldiers wave as their train passes the camera. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British soldiers demonstrate bayonets and trench tactics to U.S. 307th and 308th Infantry troops in France during World War I. British troops armed with bayonets use sand bags as dummy targets. U.S. soldiers watch as the British soldiers mock fight with their bayonets. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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