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Title: American Troops Recalled
Date: unknown
Description: "American troops leave the Rhine. Uncle Sam's Troops parting on S.S. St. Mihiel after being recalled by President Harding./Photo shows American Troops from the American Army of the Rhine on board the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel at Antwerp before sailing for home."

Title: Red Cross Sight-Seeing Tour
Date: 1919-02-06
Description: "Red Cross Takes Convalescent U.S. Soldiers on London Sight-Seeing Tour./The American Red Cross is here shown taking convalescent soldiers, from London Hospitals along with prisoners, just back from Germany, and Yanks on leave from France on a sight-seeing tour of London. The Red Cross takes large numbers of men on such trips daily, showing them all the worth-while sights of London. The men are shown in omnibusses [SIC], ready to leave from the Red Cross Headquarters."

Title: Enlistment Ads
Date: unknown, 1934-02-01
Description: This photo shows five different ads for enlistment in the military to fight for the British Empire. The first in the upper left corner reads, "Another Call/"More men and still more until the enemy is crushed."/Lord Kitchener". Beneath this one, at the bottom left, it says, "There's room for YOU/ENLIST to-day". There is a poster in the middle where only "Enlist to-day" is visible. In the bottom right is "The Key to the Situation/Munitions, Men, and Money/Are YOU helping to turn it?" These words are organized in such a way where the three M's are on the teeth of the key. The last poster at the top right of the photo has two quotes from Lord Kitchener, and says, "Men of London/Now is the Time/Come forward now and be trained to do your share./Every fit man owes this duty to himself and to his country."

Title: Grand Army of the Republic Veterans
Date: 1936-06-01
Description: "G.A.R. Veterans Honor Comrades - Nine of the 23 G. A. R. veterans who marched in the Memorial Day parade on Riverside Drive shown at the Soldiers' and Sailors Monument in New York during exercises honor the nation's war dead. Left to right: George C. Eldridge, 92; George W. Collier, 94; Robert S. Heilferty, 88; Edward Fleming; Timothy J. Creeden, 96, the oldest veteran in line of march; Albert Morgan, 92; James O'Conner, 90; Christopher A. Farrell, 90, and Josiah C. Read, 90, grand marshal of the G. A. R."

Title: Coin and Soldier
Date: unknown, 1934-02-12
Description: This photo of a French War poster reads, "Pour la France Versez Votre Or/L'Or Combat Pour La Victoire". The image is a soldier holding a large rifle and bayonet, and above him is a comically large 1915 coin with a rooster leaning aggressively toward the soldier.

Title: Doughnuts for Doughboys
Date: 1918
Description: This photo shows an American soldier, or Doughboy, eating doughnuts outside of the Odeon Theater in Paris, France where the 1918 film "America's Answer" was playing.

Title: Marine and American Flag
Date: 1984-11-12
Description: "Participating in Veterans Day Parade down Fifth Avenue, 11/12, a Marine is wrapped up in an American flag. Hundreds of veterans from World War I through Grenada marched to honor fallen comrades."

Title: Soldiers Eating Pastries
Date: 1919-03-14
Description: "Their First Real Yankee Pie in 18 Months./Three happy doughboys just off a transport from France, whose first "official" act after disembarking is to purchase three man-size pies, and proceed to "go to it". Pies are a rarity over there, and oh, boy, how one can appreciate this toothsome bit of pastry after eighteen months of "pieless" existence." Soldiers were fed "chow" two times a day from the

Title: Soldiers Marching in a Field
Date: unknown
Description: Photograph of soldiers, all with their gear, helmets, and weapons, standing at attention and marching behind an officer in an officers' cap.

Title: Soldiers Disembarking a Ship
Date: unknown, 1934-03-05
Description: This photo shows soldiers disembarking a large ship in a single-file line; they have their rifles at there sides, and some have packs on their arms.

Title: Soldiers Passing a Church
Date: unknown, 1934-02-25
Description: This photo is of soldiers running through a field and a large church. The church spans most of the background in the photograph, and the wet ground shines as the soldiers run through the frame.

Title: Soldiers Filling Out Paperwork
Date: 1918-09-01
Description: Photograph of soldiers grouped around a desk covered in paperwork with someone seated at the table. A standing soldier with a backpack on his back is speaking to the seated man who is writing on a piece of paper in front of him.

Title: Soldiers Marching in Line
Date: 1937-11-7
Description: Photograph of several rows of soldiers marching with their rifles facing ahead of them. The soldiers are dressed in uniform and are wearing metal helmets. They're walking perfectly in time across the brick road.

Title: Soldiers Walking on a Dirt Road
Date: unknown
Description: Photograph of soldiers walking down a dirt road. The soldiers are in uniform, rifles on their backs, and are wearing helmets. They are not marching.

Title: Soldiers and Officers
Date: unknown, 1934-03-10
Description: This photo shows soldiers and officers standing, talking, and adjusting their uniforms with outstretched arms and smiles on their faces. They are lined up horizontally, talking with one another as they adjust their clothes.

Title: Soldiers Marching With Rifles
Date: unknown
Description: Photograph of a small group of soldiers marching out of sync down a field with their rifles on their shoulders. They're wearing hats, not helmets, and have water jugs on their hips.

Title: Soldiers in Veracruz
Date: 1914
Description: "Jackies pulling field guns through a grove in Veracruz on their way to an outpost outside of the city."

Title: Supply Caravan
Date: unknown
Description: In this photo, a large amount of horse-drawn wagons and vehicles heading away from the viewer. They are merging onto one road from the left of the photo as they move beyond dilapidated buildings. There are soldiers at the front of the foreground looking at the camera.

Title: Soldiers and a Hanged Man
Date: unknown, 1934-02-09
Description: In this photo, there are soldiers walking toward and away from the photographer while four men stand near a hanged man that is hanging from a pole or tree. The hanged man is wearing a suit and tie, as well as nice shoes. The rest of the men nearby are wearing military garb. The background has several buildings and scaffolding.

Title: Tanks and Soldiers
Date: unknown, 1934-02-15
Description: In this photograph, soldiers are moving alongside several tanks in a grassy field. They are in and out of the tanks that stretch through the photograph, many acknowledging the camera.

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