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Military Meat

Date: 08 1951
Description: At Fort Sam Houston students from the Food Service School learn new meat cutting practices so that individual messes can pick up their rations ready for co...
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Camp Travis

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Description: A view of soldiers digging trenches, some holding shovels or pickaxes, at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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United States General Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: View of blind men learning carpentry skills at the United States General Hospital No. 7, as designated by the surgeon-general in 1918. Intended for returni...
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Soldiers Cutting Barbed Wire

Date: 1942
Description: Two male soldiers wearing fatigues cutting barbed wire during a training exercise at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School in Panama. The men are on their bac...
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Soldiers with Lumber and Frame of Building

Date: 07 1942
Description: Two soldiers from the 14th Infantry working among lumber in Panama. One man iswearing a hat and squatting on top of a pile of lumber while holding a hammer...
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Soldiers Working on B-29 Bomber

Date: 03 1945
Description: Two men working on a B-29 bomber, just returned from its first fire raid on Tokyo. The men are on top of the plane, opening a hatch. They are both shirtles...
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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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Machine Gun Emplacement

Date: 1918
Description: A log constructed blockhouse for machine gun emplacement surrounded by trees. In front of the fortification are four men posed standing. They are possibly ...
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Blockhouse No. 8

Date: 1918
Description: Three uniformed soldiers in the process of constructing Blockhouse No. 8 with logs and earth. The area appears to overlook a ravine.
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Russian Firemen Extinguishing Flames

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers look on as a group of Russian firefighters are attempting to extinguish a fire in a building possibly used by the Allied forces in Arch...
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U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while in the process of surveying land. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstac...
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U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while using a tripod stand to write. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstacle ...
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Portable Military Camp Forge

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers with a small forge during World War I. One of the men is smoking a pipe. There is a wagon in the background.
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Blacksmith Shop on the Front

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Description: Field blacksmith shop.
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Digging a Hole for a Telephone Pole

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Description: Digging in a telephone pole.
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Repairing Cannons at the "Cannon Hospital"

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Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. Even the best constructed artillery pieces must be refurbished from time to time. That is why the introduc...
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Loading Supplies Onto Camels

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Description: Loading camels with provisions and entrenching tools.
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Bavarian Troops in the Vosges

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. A farrier at work on a horse.
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Bavarians Collecting Fodder for Horses

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Collecting grass for a horse.
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Bavarians Grilling Sausages

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Grilling sausages over an open fire.

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