World War, 1914-1918

Postcard of a daring American fighter (soldier) braving German machine gun nests, setting off a smoke pot to hide the infantry advance. From: William H. Garzke, Sr.

Black-and-white post card of a column of German prisoners taken by the 27th American Division when they broke through the famous Hindenburg line at Bellicourt, guarded by soldiers on horses. This was during World War I. From: William H. Garzke, Sr.

Black-and-white Post Card showing President Woodrow Wilson (third from left) talking to an aeroplane pilot over a wireless telephone. The date and location are unknown. From: William H. Garzke, Sr.

Terrain covered by the 35th Division in the First World War in the Battle of the Argonne. The lower part of the picture is the German side of Vaquois Hill, a German stronghold for three years, the futile attempts to storm costing the French over 30,000 lives during that time. The 70th Infantry Brigade, following an intensive all-night barrage, stormed and reduced the Hill by frontal assault the morning of September 26, 1918, continuing on to Cheppy and Charpentry the same day. The farthest advance of the Division was Exermont, just above and beyond the top of the picture.

Photograph of the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery at Romagne, France. Fourteen thousand World War I dead were buried there on 130-1/2 acres, with about 900 "unknown." From: Unknown.

American soldiers in the Argonne Forest during World War One. Donor: Frank Freidel, who purchased the photographs from the National Archives and Records Administration.

World War One gun crew from Regimental Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry, firing 37mm gun during an advance against German entrenched positions. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

Airmen and French women eating lunch at the Citroen, munition plant. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

Officers of the 129th Field Artillery back from France, in Camp Mills, New York. Harry S. Truman is seated second from left. Photo is tattered and creased. Original photograph is in oversize file. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

A group photograph of Battery C, 35th Division, "Back from France." They are at Camp Mills, New York. Photo is tattered and creased. Original photograph is in oversize file. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.