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Title: Debris of War
Date: 1944-08-06
Description: "Unrecognizable heaps of rubble and empty skeletons of buildings greeted U.S. infantrymen who marched into Septsarges on the Meuse River after the town was wrested from the Germans in the First World War."

Title: Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
Date: 1919
Description: "Holders of Congressional Medal of Honor Ask Release of War Prisoners./A group of World War veterans representing almost one half million ex-service men who participated in the World War, many of whom bear the scars of battle appeal to President Harding to release those prisoners now in Federal prisons who are convicted of opposing the War./Photo shows L to R Berger Loman, Chicago, John J. Kelly, Chicago, N.M. Halderman, G.H. Mallon, Minnesota, Clayton K. Slack, Lampson, Wis. and Sam Preber."

Title: Destroyed Houses
Date: unknown
Description: This photo shows one or two soldiers squatted near destroyed homes in the rubble of their destruction. The photo is taken from the edge of the road, and the road curves to the left as it continues through the photo. Houses in shambles line the road on the right, whereas there is only one visible house on the left.

Title: Demolished Neighborhood
Date: unknown, 1934-02-10
Description: This photo shows a demolished French neighborhood with still standing buildings in the background. The ones in the foreground are gutted, and almost entirely broken down.

Title: Destruction of a French Town
Date: unknown, 1934-02-10
Description: This photo shows a soldier standing in the rubble of a French town. The buildings are collapsing down into the street. There are piles of stone and wood against the remainders of the buildings. The store signs still remain.

Title: Company 13 Officers Reserve Corps
Date: 1917
Description: This photo shows the members of Company 13 of the Officers Reserve Corps lined up at Fort Riley in Kansas.

Title: Deceased and Their Belongings
Date: unknown, 1934-03-17
Description: This photo shows a line of battle casualties in various states of damage. Behind the line of men are small piles of clothing and other belongings. In the background of the photo, there are a small bunch of soldiers standing to the left of the line and there are larger, oddly shaped objects in the back right.

Title: Deceased Soldiers in the Field
Date: unknown, 1934-02-11
Description: This photo of a battlefield and its casualties is an expansive scene of debris and tall grasses. In the foreground of the photograph lies heaps of deceased soldiers, and there are two walking soldiers in the back right corner parallel to the dark field.

Title: Damaged Residential Building
Date: unknown, 1934-02-28
Description: This photo of a destroyed residential building looks as if the building was cut in half; doors are still visible in what is standing, as are windows and fireplaces. There is a group of men cleaning at the bottom of the photo, scooping up the debris into large carts.

Title: Military Service Flag
Date: unknown
Description: "Have You Got Your Service Flag Flying? There is a red flag four by five feet with a white center. The new service flag which has been authorized by the Government to be flown by families who have given one or more sons to any of the services. The one shown here carries three stars showing that three sons of Mrs. R. Morrisey are serving in some branch of the service. Two of her sons, Frank and Vincent are in the Navy and one Raymond, in the Army."

Title: Marines Digging Trench in France
Date: 1918-06-24
Description: This photo shows a small group of Marines as they dig trenches in open fields of dirt and grass.

Title: Michigan Headquarters
Date: 1919-01-14
Description: Photograph taken in the Michigan Headquarters, New York. Maintained by former Michigan men. The photo shows nine men seated and writing at a table. A woman is handing one of the men an envelope on the right side of the photograph.

Title: Military Officers Boarding a Ship
Date: unknown, 1934-03-05
Description: This photo shows a group of military officers boarding a ship; the camera is on the other end of the boarding bridge, facing the officers as they walk toward the person operating the camera.

Title: Moving Supplies
Date: unknown, 1934-03-01
Description: In this photo, soldiers are attempting to pull and push pack mules and a donkey through a muddy field.

Title: National Guard Encamped on the Border
Date: 1916-07-06
Description: "General view of the encampment of the 9th Infantry; Massachusetts National Guard near El Paso, Texas." There are piles of lumber, made and unmade beds, soldiers seated working or standing and speaking to one another, and large groups of soldiers lined up in the background of the photo.

Title: Officer Taking Fingerprints
Date: unknown, 1934-03-05
Description: This photo shows an officer with the badge number 659 taking the fingerprints of a man wearing a cap and round glasses.

Title: Fifth and Sixth Marines Returning
Date: 1919-08
Description: "Fifth and Sixth Marines Returning on George Washington./Members of the Fifth and Sixth Regiments of Marines "Leathernecks" tickled to death to see Hoboken, N. J. once more after their famous service in France - Photographed as transport George Washington approached pier - Carried 139 officers and 3,714 enlisted men./Photo of George Washington arriving with Marines."

Title: World War Cemetery
Date: unknown
Description: Photograph of a field of gravestones marking the graves of American casualties in World War I. There is a figure wearing a heavy coat and hat staring at the ground by a tree in one of the grave plots.

Title: U.S. Camp at Laredo, Texas
Date: 1916
Description: "U.S. Troops encamped at Laredo, Texas. It is at this point on the border that the situation is anyway serious." Photograph of the encampment from a distance.

Title: Troops on 12th Street Returning From France
Date: 1919, 1934-04-21
Description: "And here is the flower of St. Louis youth back home from the front - seasoned veterans of the great conflict - marching through flower strewn Twelfth Street."

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