World War, 1914-1918

One National Guard soldier walks on the rocky edge of a trench or ravine while another appears to be crawling. The soldiers were in training at Camp Doniphan, Ft. Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma prior to leaving for France in World War I. Soldiers are unidentified.

This is a photograph of a column of World War I soldiers marching down a road in the snow. At the end of the column are wagons full of supplies pulled by horses. The location is unknown. The photograph is part of a collection belonging to Harry S. Truman from the time he spent in France during World War I.

Two unidentified individuals can barely be discerned standing in the ruins of a building during World War I. The photograph is part of a collection belonging to Harry S Truman from the time he spent in France during World War I.

This is a photograph of a building almost totally destroyed during World War I. The number 10 is printed in the bottom right hand corner. The photograph is part of a collection belonging to Harry S Truman from the time he spent in France during World War I.

Two unidentified soldiers pose for a photograph standing in the snow. The location is unknown. The photograph is part of a collection belonging to Harry S. Truman from the time he spent in France during World War I.

Soldiers in the National Guard in training at Camp Doniphan, Ft. Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma dig trenches while the officers look on from above. All are unidentified.

Columns of soldiers on parade during World War I walk by as spectators watch from the curb. The location is unknown. The photograph is part of a collection belonging to Harry S Truman from the time he spent in France during World War I.

German prisoners of war arriving in Jerusalem. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo No. LC-M32-1892, Matson Collection.

Major Richard C. Patterson at his desk. He was Administrative Officer, American Peace Commission in 1919. The man standing reflected in the mirror is unidentified.

Some of the Section Heads of the Administrative Offices of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in Paris. Typewritten caption affixed to the back reads, "This is a very poor picture of some of the Heads of Sections of the Administrative Offices. Reading from Left to Right: Mr. Wattawa, Lieutenant Sims, Colonel Peyton, Captain Newton, Major Robert C. Patterson, Major duBose, Captain Peacock, Lieutenant Cobbledick, Captain Kleeber, and Captain Yates." The telephone directory hand from the desk, and a map of Europe is posted on the wall on the right.