Shows nurses carrying injured U.S. Army soldiers on wheelchairs at the Y.M.C.A. hospital in Chavonne, France, during World War I. U.S. 101st Machine Gun Battalion troops visit the wounded American soldiers. Soldiers carry a man out of the Y.M.C.A. on stretcher. The stretcher is put into a World War 1 American Red Cross Military ambulance.
Shows U.S. 302nd Engineers digging trenches at a field in France during World War 1. Shovels are used to dig trenches. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A group of Russian children pose on a pier at Archangel Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. One holds a container of milk bottles. An American soldier (of the 339th Infantry Regiment) gives each child a coin. A Russian girl eating a cookie she received from a soldier. A Russian boy picks up something from the pier. Another boy holds container of milk bottles. U.S. soldiers peruse goods at an outdoor market, where some of the vendors use wooden shipping containers and packing cases to display their wares. Local people patronize a food vendor. An American soldier decides to purchase a pair of mittens. [Footage from the United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia, participating as part of the Triple Entente forces, in the so-called "Polar Bear Expedition." Two thirds of the soldiers were from Michigan.] (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Battalion of the U.S. 310th Engineers operate a sawmill at Archangel (Arkhangelsk) Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention (AKA the Polar Bear Expedition) in World War 1. Rafts of logs floating in the River Divina, near a saw mill in Archangel. Workers maneuver the logs to a ramp at the mill. Inside, the logs pass through giant saws and are cut into lumber. Boards sliding out of the mill to the ground below, where workers load them onto horse carts and drag them back into a large storage area filled with stacked lumber. U.S. Army soldiers inspect the operations, among the working villagers. [Footage from the United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia, participating as part of the Triple Entente forces, in the so-called "Polar Bear Expedition." Two thirds of the soldiers were from Michigan.]
View of the United States Capitol in Washington DC. United States soldiers bring coffins containing bodies of unknown soldiers of World War II and Korean Conflict. Honor guards at the U.S. Capitol. The flag-draped coffins are brought to the Capitol Rotunda, the large, domed circular room located in the center of the U.S. Capitol. Homage paid to the dead soldiers inside rotunda. United States Navy men lay wreaths in front of the coffins. United States soldiers and Navy keep vigil and observe lying-in-state.
Shows U.S. Navy personnel testing their new amphibious vehicle, LVTUX2 (Landing Vehicle Track Utility Experimental Model 2) in Seattle, Washington. The LVT(U)X2 Goliath carrying navy personnel and a U.S. Army tank enters water. Its crosses the water body and successfully reaches the shore. The tank debarks from the LVT (U) X2 Goliath.
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