The U.S. Secret Service Operators on the USS George Washington ship leaving for Europe for the Paris Peace Conference. These include Joseph E. Murphy, John J. Fitzgerald, Edmund W. Starling, Walter G. Ferguson, John D. Syle, John L. Sullivan, W. A. Landvoight. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Major Brown Scott - American Authority on International Law, and Dr. Sidney Edward Mezes - an American philosopher, appointed as the Director of THE INQUIRY,a think tank set up by Woodrow Wilson to study the diplomatic positions. Dr. Mezes was a part of the American Commission to negotiate Peace at the treaty of Versailles in 1919.They are accompanied with their wives on the USS George Washington ship sailing to Europe for the Paris Peace Conference. View of life boat on the side of the ship. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Mrs. William S Benson,wife of Chief of the U.S. Naval Operations,Admiral Bensons, seen talking to Major J. M. Campbell. Major Campbell was in charge of photographs at the Paris Peace Conference. They are on their way to Paris for the Peace Conference on the George Washington ship. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Members of the Inquiry study group, established by President Woodrow Wilson, to help prepare for peace negotiations. They are aboard the USS George Washington headed for the Paris Peace Conference. Some seated and some standing, the men remove their hats and pose for a group photo. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
People waiting at a shipyard in New York. People holding placards, boards and banners welcome soldiers home coming. Soldiers of the 45th Thunderbird division return from Korea. Relatives and loved ones wait to greet them. Young soldiers kiss their wives on return. Family members hug the returned soldiers. Soldiers embrace their young children. A mother hugs her son on his return.
Sailors aboard the USS Leviathan (formerly the Vaterland) in New York harbor, during World War 1, when she was serving as a troop ship. They are seen practicing emergency drills, including lowering lifeboats over the side and actually rowing them away. They also launch rubber rafts over the rails. U.S. Army soldiers from a lower deck, then descend to the rafts, using the lines from above. They are seen steping into the water-filled rafts and from there, into the lifeboats. Closeup of one soldier swimming in full uniform, with aid of floatation gear. He also relaxes in the water, suspended entirely by his life vest. View from above of a lifeboat crewed by sailors and filled with soldiers in uniform. They row away, pulling a raft, from which they help a few more soldiers into the lifeboat. Sailors row the filled lifeboats away from the ship, each towing a raft behind them. (WWI. WW1)
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