Science Source ftp Apr 2015

American soldiers in trench answering the bugle call to charge during World War I. Trench warfare is a form of land warfare using occupied fighting li...

British soldiers in World War I. Second line coming up amid shell fire to win the trench, 1916. Trench warfare is a form of land warfare using occupie...

A World War I French departure trench just before zero hour, circa 1914-18. No location given on caption card. Trench warfare is a form of land warfar...

Abandoned British trench which was captured by the Germans; in background, German soldiers on horseback view the scene, circa 1914-18. No location giv...

Serbian sentinels on guard duty, circa 1914-15. The Serbian Campaign of the First World War was fought from late July 1914, when Austria-Hungary invad...

Entitled: "At close grips with the Hun, we bomb the corkshaffer's." American soldiers viewed from behind, near ruins, World War I. At the outbreak of...

British soldiers loading a cannon or howitzer in a camouflaged bunker, 1915. The onset of trench warfare after the first few months of First World War...

Entitled: "Hand it to 'em - The Salvation Army gets it to the boys in the trenches, over there." Lithograph depicting a woman of the Salvation Army ca...

Entitled: "Navy! Uncle Sam is calling you - enlist in the Navy!" 1917. Poster showing Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer. Uncle Sam (initials U.S.) is a...

Poster for "I want you for U. S. Army" shows Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the American Army during Wor...

Entitled: "Our boys in the trenches - is there anything they need that you would not give them? Every Liberty Bond you buy helps them win the war. Buy...

Entitled: "American Red Cross serves humanity Join!" American Red Cross membership drive poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding a large red cross. D...

The 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the United States Army that saw action in...

Crowds waiting for the parade of the famous 369th Infantry, New York City, 1919. The 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 15th New York National Guar...

369th Infantry marching on Fifth Avenue, New York City. Dated February 17, 1919. The 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 15th New York National Guar...

Colors of the 369th Infantry in Parade in New York City. The 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, was an infan...

Soldiers being mustered out at Camp Dix, New Jersey, 1918. Fort Dix is named for Major General John Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Ci...

Recruits with their mattresses tied to them to serve as life preservers. United States Navy operations during World War I began on April 6, 1917, afte...

The announcing of the armistice on November 11, 1918, was the occasion for a monster celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thousands massed on al...

Returning from a U-Boat scouting party. Unidentified aerial naval observer coming down from a blimp after a scouting tour somewhere on the Atlantic Co...

Bayonet practice at Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas, 1918. Camp Bowie was established by the United States War Department to give training to the 36th I...

Overseas men welcomed home. Parade in honor of returned fighters passing the Public Library, New York City. On September 10, 1919, nearly a year after...

Vocational training for S.A.T.C. (Student Army Training Corps) in University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Class in Pole-Climbing in the course for telephon...

On the Western Front during Battle of Menin Road. Scottish territorials being examined in a dressing station. Belgium, 1914. The Battle of the Menin R...

Sinking of the German Cruiser Bluecher, in the naval engagement between German and British dreadnoughts in the North Sea. The Battle of Dogger Bank wa...

Officers and crew of the German submarine U-58 entering the War Prison Camp at Fort McPherson, Georgia. SM U-58 was one of the 329 submarines serving...

Three 5,000 cubic feet Nurse Balloons in Hangar. Fort Sill, Oklahoma, May 1, 1918. Nurse balloons were used to carry extra gas for inflating other bal...

Discharge of a huge French cannon caught by the camera just as the projectile left for the German lines. The gunners have stuffed their fingers into t...

Germans in their well protected trenches on the Belgian frontier showing the men in the act of aiming at their enemy. Trench warfare is a form of land...

The leader Arizona passing 96th Street Pier in great naval review at New York City, circa 1918. USS Arizona was a Pennsylvania-class battleship built...

In 1917, as part of the World War I effort, the US government contracted American International Shipbuilding to build ships and a shipyard at Hog Isla...

Group portrait of 37 nurses who were the first unit of Polish nurses to go overseas. Polish White Cross was a civilian paramilitary organization found...

French liner La France arrives with 369th Infantry, who won honors in France, circa 1919. The 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 15th New York Nati...

Salvation Army lassies giving sweets to returned soldiers. Two soldiers of the 351st Field Artillery which returned on the "Louisville" receiving cand...

Exercises, Naval Militia Camp, Somersville, New York, 1918. A naval militia in the United States is a reserve military organization administered under...

Gobs and Guns. A scene aboard the USS Texas, just back from foreign waters, showing the sailors enjoying a little fun on the big guns. Gobs is slang f...

American Red Cross Parade, Birmingham, Alabama. The most important volunteer group in America during WWI was the American Red Cross. The Red Cross was...

Repairing front line trench after bomb explosion fifty yards from enemy trenches, France, 1917. D. W. Griffith in civilian clothing during filming of...

American soldiers getting their bowls of chocolate and rolls in the American Red Cross canteen at Toulouse, France, circa 1917-18. The most important...

Lieutenant Kirk Booth of the U.S. Signal Corps being lifted skyward by the giant Perkins man-carrying kite at Camp Devens, Ayer, Massachusetts. Samuel...

Vladivostok, Russia. Soldiers and sailors from many countries are lined up in front of the Allied Headquarters Building. The United States is represen...

"First to Fight." A group of U.S. Marines. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providi...

American Red Cross in Great Britain, circa 1918. One unit of the famous "Flying Squadron" priding themselves on being able to get under way within thr...

German prisoners in an unidentified French prison camp. A prisoner of war is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a...

Passengers rescued from the French Liner Sontay. The French liner Sontay bound for Marseilles from Saloniki with 344 passengers, was torpedoed on Apri...

Bayonet fighting instruction by an English Sergeant Major, Camp Dick, circa 1917. Camp Dick, was an aviation training facility near Dallas, Texas. The...

French troopers under General Gouraud, with their machine guns amongst the ruins of a cathedral near the Marne, driving back the Germans. The Second B...

French gun (320mm) at moment of firing during a night bombardment. The belch of smoke from the explosion of the charge is a flash of light at night an...

Women of Boston are lending a helping hand in the drive for peach stones, which are being used by the Government in the production of gas masks. This...

Private T. P. Loughlin of the 69th Regiment bidding his family farewell. The 69th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army....