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U.S. Army YMCA
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Exterior view of the U.S. Army's YMCA building for those deployed to northern Russia during the Allied intervention there after World War I. The building has a sign in Russian above the entry to the building, and two soldiers are standing in the snow by the front steps.
1918
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U.S. Army Headquarters
1918
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Sleeping Quarters and Mess of U.S. Army Engineer Corps
1918
View from snowy road of the exterior of the sleeping quarters and mess of the United States Army Engineer Corps. There is a Russian family standing alongside the building. A soldier stands amongst ...
Large Blockhouse
1918
A large log blockhouse fortification at Verst 581. This fortification was constructed when the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps was deployed as a part of the Allied Intervention in Northern ...
Lieutenant A.W. Baumgarten
1918
Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant A.W. Baumgarten from Company B, of the 310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps while he was deployed to Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia.
Russian Blockhouse
1918
A timber constructed blockhouse housing crates of what is possibly artillery shells. The fortification is camouflaged with branches and fallen trees fastened to the top of the entry into the blockh...
Market Place and Russian Troops
1918
A large group of Russian soldiers are assembled and appear to be drilling within the center of a Russian town. Civilians stand off to the side observing the soldiers. In the background is a large n...
