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Title: U.S. Calvary Officers to Represent Country at the Olympics
Date: 1924-03-10
Description: "Members of the U.S. Army Cavalry Team that will represent the country in the Olympic Games at Paris this summer, selected from troops at Fort Meyer, Va. Left to right: (Front row) Capt. E. W. Taubee, Capt. V. L. Padgett, Lieut. P. M. Robinett. (Back Row) Lieut. F. L. Carr., Major, C. P. Georges, Major J. A. Barry, Major S. Doak, Captain I. R. Underwood, and Captain U. T. Bauskett."

Title: Police Notice
Date: unknown, 1934-02-04
Description: This photo shows a police officer riding a bike with a sign hanging around his neck that reads, "Police Notice: Take Cover". He's wearing a police helmet that covers most of his face as he rides down a brick road.

Title: Horse-Drawn Carts Carrying Supplies
Date: 1964-07-16
Description: "Slow Road to Victory/With the slow motion of World War I, a convoy of horse-drawn carts carries French artillery over a road near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, in August, 1917. The war had started three years earlier, with the German invasion of Belgium in violation of a treaty guaranteeing the country's neutrality. Britain, France and Russia came to their ally's support, and the four-year war was

Title: Machine Gun School
Date: 1918-09-20
Description: "A remarkable photo taken at night at a Machine gun school. The Tommies are firing while a mine explodes before their eyes." Boches, or German Soldiers, often dropped high explosive charges.

Title: Little Miss America in Arlington, VA
Date: 1921-05-11
Description: "They Are Not Forgotten./Little Miss America decorates the graves of our heroes who sleep the long sleep in the National Cemetery in Arlington, VA."

Title: Grinon-Graben Sign
Date: unknown, 1934-02-14
Description: This photograph is taken in a trench showing a sign on a tree that reads, "Grinon-Graben", with an arrow underneath it and more locational labels. There is a soldier walking over a bridge above the viewer, and there is a staircase on the right of the photo with a dirt wall to the left.

Title: Machine Gun Drills
Date: 1917
Description: This photo shows soldiers of the 6th Infantry completing Machine Gun drills in a fenced in area. There are men and women alike watching them complete the drill.

Title: Allied Military Leaders
Date: 1967-03-16
Description: "With the Yanks in France in World War I, Americans learned the names - and nicknames - of Allied military leaders, along with their own. Here, somewhere in France, are four of the top men: Left to right, Gen. Joseph Joffre - Papa Joffre - idol of the French poilu; Gen. Ferdinand Foch, Allied commander-in-chief; unidentified officer (in back;) Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Tommies' hero, and Gen. John J. - Black Jack - Pershing, commander of the AEF, the American Expeditionary Force."

Title: American Cook-Shop
Description: This photo shows an American cook-shop at the trenches of war. The cook-shop enabled soldiers to diminish their hunger, and continue to fight.

Title: American Red Cross Doctors
Date: 1919-10-29
Description: "A group of American Red Cross doctors recently arrived from America, at their new post in North Russia:/Top Row, Left to Right:/E. Eliopul, Milwaukee, Wis./Dr. J. A. Dougherty, Baton Rouge, La./Dr. T. B. Haas, McArthur, Ohio./Dr. P. T. Barnum, Brooklyn, N.Y./Dr. F. L. Washburn, Denver, Colo./Second Row, Left to Right:/Dr. P. A. Taylor, Lace, Oklahoma./Dr. J. G. Bouvier, Jeannerette, La./Dr. W. T. Cain, Underwood, N. D./Dr. S. C. Loring, Plymouth, Indiana./Dr. I. O. Tracy, Brooklyn, N. Y./Dr. C. S. Brady, Weehawken, N. J./Third Row, Left to Right:/Dr. J. P. McQuiston, St. Louis, Mo./Dr. G. F. Woodbury, Cleveland, Ohio."

Title: American Military Division in Germany
Date: 1919-06-20
Description: "One of the Divisions of the American Army of Occupation in a Review on a Plateau above the Rhine near the Fortress of Ehrenbreitstein which proved its readiness for an immediate advance toward Berlin - None but regular army division are now in Germany, all others have been sent to United States - Those remaining in Germany are undergoing training for advance."

Title: American Expeditionary Forces in Italy
Date: 1922
Description: "A detachment of troops from the expeditionary forces in Germany, headed by Gen. Henry Allen, arriving in the "Eternal City" to bestow the Congressional Medal of Honor upon the tomb of the unknown Italian soldier." This photo shows the soldiers marching down the street with onlookers lining both sidewalks.

Title: 23rd Infantry Marching
Date: unknown
Description: Photograph of the soldiers of the 23rd Infantry marching through Brooklyn by the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch. Engraved on the arch is the statement, "To the Defenders of the Union 1861-1865". The solders are marching underneath the arch in the photograph while civilians walk around the outside of the arch and on sidewalks in the left middle-ground.

Title: A Bell in the Rubble
Date: unknown, 1934-02-25
Description: Photograph of the rubble of at least one building with an upside down bell protruding from the middle. There's a soldier in a helmet examining the bell and the wood, brick, and mettle rubble around them. The door to the building is on the left, and there is large, wooden structure next to the bell. It is all on top of a pile of brick and wood.

Title: 138th Infantry Regiment
Date: unknown
Description: This photo shows the Officers of the 138th (1st MO) Infantry Regiment No. 2 that are stationed in Kansas City, Missouri.

Title: Cannon Between the Rocks
Date: unknown, 1934-02-07
Description: In this photo, there is a cannon covered by a camouflage mesh between rock faces. In the background is an open field that leads to the forested area that covers the canon and other materials.

Title: Cannon Fire
Date: 1934-02-25
Description: Photograph of a cannon being fired into an open field. There are soldiers on either side of the machine; one on the left is gesturing towards the wheels, and on the right is a grouping of supplies.

Title: Ceremony of the Unknown Soldier
Date: unknown
Description: "From the four American cemeteries the bodies of four unidentified men were brought to Chalons sur Marne and from among those four one was chosen with the simplest of ceremonies as the "Unknown soldier" who is to rest for ever in Arlington National Cemetery. The choice from among the four bodies was made by Sergt. Edward Younger who walked slowly round the coffins and indicated his choice by placing his fingers on one of them. Photo shows the selected coffin laying in state guarded by six American and six French soldiers in the Chapel Ardent of the Chalons Town Hall."

Title: Col. Chas R. Howland
Date: unknown, 1919-02-27
Description: Photograph of Colonel Chas R. Howland commanding the 165th Infantry. The photo is the Colonel himself and his primary staff.

Title: Child Troops Marching
Date: 1937-11-7
Description: Photograph of a large amount of children with rifles on their shoulders marching in line in uniform as groups of adults watch from the roadside.

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