During World War I: U.S. Army 2nd Division troops located near Missy-Aux-Bois, France. The American troops take cover from enemy fire, behind a tree line.
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.
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.
U.S. 103rd Infantry troops attack the town of Torcy in France on 18th July, 1918 during World War I. U.S. Army soldiers crouched in a field. Commander gives order to advance. The soldiers are seen running toward the enemy, across the field.
U.S. 168th Infantry troops crawl into 'No Man's land' near France during World War I. Camouflaged sniper crawls ahead and take aim at the Germans.
Shows U.S. naval and railroad guns fired behind the enemy lines in France during World War I.
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