U.S. 2nd Field Signal Battalion troops (AEF) getting their food in a chow line at an Army field kitchen alongside rail cars at Maron, France, during World War 1. They step aside as a steam locomotive arrives on the track next to them. Some soldiers sit on railroad equipment as they eat their meal. Several others cook over their own fire. Change of scene shows German prisoners of war being marched to the rear, and through a town near Catigny. A few are wounded, but ambulatory. One is carried on a litter, by his comrades.
German prisoners of war (POWs) held in an outdoor wire enclosure, by U.S. First Division troops behind the lines near Catigny, France, during World War 1. Closeups of two German prisoners, each with a U.S. Army interrogator. The second one is being spoken to by a U.S. Army lieutenant. View of several prisoners, including a German medical corpsman, attending a wounded on a litter. German prisoners being searched and processed by two French soldiers under supervision of a U.S. Army officer. U.S. troops in the background. U.S. General John J. Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) steps from a headquarters building, behind the lines near Catigny, France, accompanied by Major General Robert L. Bullard, Commander of the U.S. First Division, and staff. They proceed along pavement in front of several buildings. Next scene shows Pershing and Major General Bullard entering a wooded area, where U.S. troops line a path and several German prisoners are faced away from the path. The American generals look over some German officer prisoners drawn up in a small group on one side of the path. They continue past a wire enclosure containing German prisoners, on the other side of the path.
Wounded German soldier on a stretcher, is lifted from hospital set up behind the lines near Catigny, France, during World War 1. He is carefully placed in a military ambulance by U.S. Army soldiers. Closer to the front, medical corpsmen attend to a wounded soldier lying on a litter on the ground. They treat his wounds and apply a splint to his left leg. Troops in battle gear surround the corpsmen. The wounded man is placed in an ambulance.
Outdoor munitions depot in France, during World War 1. Stacks of heavy artillery shells are seen lined up in a field. American 1st Division troops prepare defenses near a road in the French countryside. They dig between a long trench and the road. Scene shifts to First Division troops drawing rations at a Quartermaster Supply Depot in Maron, France. The soldiers fill their arms with items set out for them. Change of scene shows 28th Infantry Regiment troops marching along a road between a river and a railroad, where they begin to board rail cars. Several soldiers receive hot beverages from two women volunteers. The troops wave from the cars as the train begins to pull out. (WWI. WW1)
Mules, of the U.S. Army 2nd Field Signal Battalion, stand on a railroad platform, waiting to be loaded aboard a train, in France, during World War 1. Soldiers tending them stand nearby. Sacks of food sit on the platform. Soldiers coax a mule across a ramp into a train car. In another scene, 1st Division troops load war materiel aboard open cars of a train. A group of soldiers works to roll a French 75 artillery piece up a ramp onto the train. Another large group works to roll a heavily laden wagon up on to the train. (WWI. WW1)
U.S. Army Pup tents set up at bivouc area in Bonvillers, France during World War 1. A soldier, stripped to the waist, examines his clothing for louses. Soldiers place clothing,to be deloused,into large steam cylinders,mounted on a truck. The operators close and secure latches on one cylinder that has been filled with clothes. Soldiers standing around wearing only their overcoats, as they wait to retrieve their clothes. The operators remove baskets of clothing from the steam cylinders, and soldiers retrieve their belongings. Soldiers in a yard, waving their steamy clothes to cool them. One soldier takes a sponge bath in a small container of water. soldier in protective clothing examines clothes laid out in the yard.Red Cross ambulances and trucks in the background. (WWI. WW1)
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