United States Army Field Artillery Battalion of 92nd Infantry Division (Colored), "Buffalo Soldiers," equipped with tractor-drawn 8-inch Howitzers, in Mantes-Gassicourt, France during World War 2. African American soldiers of fire control group observe town below, from vantage point on overlooking hill. One of them looks through a periscopic binocular telescope. Others look through ordinary binoculars. Closeup of a Master Sergeant looking through binoculars. Camera pans across the valley, town, and agricultural fields below. Camera focuses briefly on Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Mantes (Notre Dame de Mantes) in Mantes-la-Jolie and then shifts to battery of 8 inch howitzers firing from camouflaged positions in foliage. Gun crews step away as each howitzer fires, and then rush back to reload and fire again. (Note: These batteries are likely from the 795th or the 999th Field Artillery Battalion)
United States Army soldiers in France during World War II. Lieutenant General Geo S. Patton and Major General I.T. Wyche. A sign reads ' Mantes La Ville ' . American soldiers walk down a street with damaged houses on the two sides. Soldiers on vehicles pass through Mantes. A sign reads ' St Germain 31, Paris 40 '.
United States 2nd Infantry Division soldiers near Missy-Aux-Bois, France during World War I. The soldiers fire rifles from trenches. A piece of cloth spread over bushes in the background.
The Inter-Allied Athletic Games meet at Pershing Stadium in Joinville Le Pont, France. Athletes from the United States march at the opening ceremony of the Allied athletic meet. An American military band plays and troops march at the ceremony. U.S. Army General John J. Pershing along with French President Raymond Poincare enters the stadium and they move past the troops. The President and the General review the troops. Allied soldiers lined up as dignitaries salute them. The troops being reviewed. Henry White, Hoover, Robert Lansing; Major General Henry Tureman Allen (H.T. Allen), United States Army approaches the granstand and shakes hands, laughs and smiles with Admiral Henry Shepard Knapp. General Pershing and President Poincare enter the grandstand.
An Allied athletic meet at Pershing Stadium in Joinville Le Pont, France. U.S. Army General John J. Pershing and French President Raymond Poincare. A military band plays at the opening ceremony of the Allied athletic meet. Dignitaries like Henry White, Hoover, Robert Lansing, General H.T. Allen and Admiral H.S. Knapp in the grandstand. Athletes from various Allied countries including Australia, United States and others march at the opening ceremony of the Allied athletic meet. General Pershing and President Poincare as Pershing dedicates the stadium. General Pershing looks at the athletes in the field.
An Allied athletic meet at Pershing Stadium in Joinville Le Pont, France. A military band plays at the opening ceremony of the Allied athletic meet. Allied troops march into the stadium at the opening ceremony. U.S. Army General John J. Pershing and French President Raymond Poincare review the parade. Horsemen and soldiers salute as they march past the review stand.
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