Artillery

Snapshot of artillery and trenches taken from captured German soldiers. This series includes photos 2009-2671 to 2009-2713 and 2009-2735, 2009-2736.

Naval artillery on a ship, probably the USS Quincy, near Malta.

Men of "C" Battery, Ninth Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion are running to gun positions during a practice gun drill at Fort Cronkhite, California. All are unidentified.

Artillery pieces fire a 19-gun salute upon the arrival of Secretary of the Army Frank Pace at Fort McPherson, Georgia. The artillery unit was a detachment from Fort Benning.

Artillery cannon, possibly 105mm Howitzer cannon, installed at Binh Chanh District south of Saigon, Vietnam.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (second from right) speaks with a soldier at Camp Atterbury in Indiana while General Mark Clark (second from left, partly obscured) inspects a heavy machine gun. Also present is Major General Daniel B. Strickler, Commanding General of the 28th Infantry Division (left). All others are unidentified.

Photograph of Battery B, (called Battery B, 129th Field Artillery Regiment, 35th Division after 8/5/1917) assembled for parade purposes. The Regiment assembled in a Park near 17th Street and Highland in Kansas City, Missouri. The equipment visible in the photo is U.S. Model of 1905 3-inch Field Guns and Limbers. This is the second of two photos in this series found in the former President's desk. The photograph was taken by "Sully."

Photograph of Battery B, 2nd Missouri Field Artillery Regiment, assembled in a park near 17th Street and Highland in Kansas City, Missouri. After 8/5/1917,the group was referred to as: Battery B, 129th Artillery Regiment, 35th Division. The equipment seen in the photos is U.S. Model of 1905 3-inch Field guns and Limbers. These photos were found in the desk of former President Harry S. Truman after his death. The photo was by "Sully."

United States Army Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins (second from right) is inspecting an anti-aircraft position during his inspection tour of Alaska. The inspection took place during the military exercise "Totem Pole" at Fort Richardson, Alaska. All other soldiers are unidentified.

Old cannons of the Fort of Santa Cruz, built by the Spanish in 1563 continue to stand guard over Oran, Algeria.