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Trench Warfare

Date: 07 1917
Description: ROTC engineers at Fort Leavenworth learn about trench work, an important skill for World War I combat.
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Advanced Trench Digging

Date: 07 17 1917
Description: ROTC engineers, probably at Fort Sheridan, in training for trench construction. Victor Morris of Milwaukee, in whose wartime album this photograph appears,...
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International Harvester Scout at Fort Stewart

Date: 1964
Description: A man drives an International Harvester Scout past military vehicles on display near the entrance to Fort Stewart.
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Block House

Date: 1905
Description: Front view of the Block House, built in 1880, at the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. The United States flag waves on a pole atop the Block House....
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Camp Bowie

Date: 1918
Description: Men observe an early airplane at Camp Bowie, established in 1917.
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Dedication of Fort Blue Mounds Tablet

Date: 09 05 1921
Description: Anna Fox, great-grand niece of Ebenezer Brigham, just after removing the flag unveiling the bronze tablet commemorating Fort Blue Mounds. State historical ...
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In the Year of the Pig

Date: 03 25 1954
Description: Note on the back: "Defenders dig in. Dien Bien Phu, Indochina: An airport once covered this area where soldiers have dug deep trenches as protection from b...
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Two Soldiers on a Bulldozer

Date: 08 22 1943
Description: Corporal Eugene Cierzynski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (left) instructs Corporal Edgar Hourscht of Trosky, Minnesota (right), on how to operate a D-8 Caterpill...
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Soldiers and Officers in Gun Pit

Date: 01 22 1944
Description: Artillerymen of Battalion A are ready for an enemy attack in a gun pit, at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A knife is standing point dow...
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Blockhouse, Under Construction

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow and barbed wire fence of a group of soldiers constructing a log blockhouse.
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Group Posed by Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: A group of possibly both American and British soldiers standing just outside a blockhouse fortification. There are piles of logs and an axe on the ground i...
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Two Soldiers near Blockhouse

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of two soldiers standing outside a blockhouse fortification. One soldier is wearing heavy wool furs and is armed with a rifle, and the oth...
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Blockhouse and Dugout

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of a soldier with a rifle standing near a timber and sandbag constructed blockhouse. In the distance is a Russian town. The most prominent...
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Soldiers near Blockhouse and Dugout

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of three soldiers standing in front of a blockhouse that has a tall wooden fence along the exterior. The man on the left is armed with a r...
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Road to the Front, Covered with Brush

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow towards four soldiers standing near brush piles. Two men standing in the center, and two men stand behind the brush, defending the road to...
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Shell-Proof Shelter

Date: 1918
Description: A shell-proof shelter alongside other buildings, possible a soldiers' barracks. In the distance there are two men placing wood on a horse-drawn sled. Anoth...
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Blockhouse, Standard Hut, and Kitchen Building

Date: 1918
Description: View over barbed wire fence towards men standing outside a blockhouse and barracks. Immediately outside of the barracks is a horse-drawn mobile kitchen and...
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Machine Gun Emplacement

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a machine gun emplacement and its three man crew on the roof of a shed.
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Barbed Wire Installation

Date: 1918
Description: Three soldiers installing barbed wire as a defense against Bolshevik forces.
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Blockhouse in the Snow

Date: 1918
Description: An eight-man blockhouse fortification in the snow, with a built-up wall of logs surrounding it. Soldiers inside the fortification are looking out of some o...

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