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)
View of a medical first aid dressing station of the U.S. 18th Infantry at Exermont in France on October 5th ,1918. American soldiers receive first aid. Bandages being applied to a soldier's leg. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
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.
A stricken German observation aircraft is seen falling in a flat spin, as photographed from a trench at Cuperly,France on July 19th,1918. It is lost from sight below the crest of the trench. French and American troops gather around the downed plane, as French medical personnel treat the German pilot, who has survived the crash. They carry him away. Meanwhile many French and American military personnel examine the downed German biplane which is powered by an exposed 6 cylinder in line engine and has large ailerons on upper wings.It is equipped with a Parabellum MG 14 machine gun. French Aviator Raymond Vamier, who shot down the plane, poses near its wreckage.
German prisoners of war (POWs) are led across a field at gun point in Saizerais, France on September 13, 1918 during World War I. The German POWs march forward in a group 5 lines deep, some huddled in blankets.
Scores of German war prisoners are seen walking in formation in fields of Saizerais, France on September 13, 1918 during World War 1. They are escorted by relatively few American soldiers carrying rifles. One American soldier is seen speaking with a German prisoner, as they walk along.
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