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Advanced Trench Digging
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ROTC engineers, probably at Fort Sheridan, in training for trench construction. Victor Morris of Milwaukee, in whose wartime album this photograph appears, is second from the left. Others are Davidson, E.Smith, Ladd and Hartwell.
July 17, 1917
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Trench Warfare
July 1917
ROTC engineers at Fort Leavenworth learn about trench work, an important skill for World War I combat.
Engineers Learning Bridge Building
July 2, 1917
ROTC engineers, probably at Fort Sheridan, learn bridge building during their training at Fort Leavenworth.
Barbed Wire Drill
Barbed wire training under Lt. Johnson. An unusual nighttime photograph from the Victor Morris album, at Camp Custer.
Victor Morris in Uniform
1917
Army engineer Victor Morris (standing), of Milwaukee, with H.H. Smith. Photographs and correspondence documenting his experiences during training in the United States and in France are part of the ...
Ready for Inspection
1918
World War I equipment placed for inspection as photographed by Victor Morris at Camp Curtis.
Pershing and the Troops
1918
General Pershing inspecting troops in France. Victor Morris, in whose wartime album this photograph appears, may have been the photographer. He identified the location as "A of O."
