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Red Cross nurse, probably around 1917 or 1918.

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Note how all the Red Cross insignia have been constructed from two rectangular pieces of red cloth.

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3rd Division & 3rd Army troops somewhere in Germany circa 1919. Note the lad's junior German sailor uniform.

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4th US Cavalry Troop H, 1914 Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

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The trooper on the left is a Canadian from Nova Scotia serving in the pre-war US Cavalry in Hawaii. He left the islands as a Corporal in September 1915 to be discharged but he enlisted in the Regular Army at Camp McDowell as a 1st US Cavalry Sergeant. He was discharged in June 1918 to receive a direct commission as 1st LT with the 19th Field Artillery and served in France and Germany until July of 1919.

 

 

 

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Salvage Sailor, thanks for adding another great Scholfield Barracks photo. Surely, you've cornered the market on those!

 

Here's a neat one. Troop E, 11th Cavalry football team, 1915.

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Close up of the mule and pennants from the above photo.

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Trooper 13th Cavalry Regiment wearing a tropical helmet. This image is likely dated around 1908 or so.

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A closer look at the cavaryman's headgear and insignia.

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Great shot of soldiers firing the U.S. BAR and French Chauchat automatic rifles side by side. Probably Ordnance men stateside.

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U.S. tankers alongside a British MK V heavy tank. Due to the absence of overseas caps, this image was likely taken at tank school in Gettysburg.

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Close up of the posers outside the heavy tank.

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And a close up of the revolver and non-regulation (?) leather garrison belt with un-filled cartridge loops.

 

Referring to Post #471 on page 19, I wonder why his Colt Double Action .38 Revolver is placed into his holster backwards?

 

More marvelous images, WW1Nerd. Thank you again for sharing this wonderful collection with the rest of us.

 

Regards,

Charlie

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Charlie - et al. thank you. Happy to share!

 

Truck labeled as belonging to the regimental exchange of the 331st Field Artillery Regiment, 86th Division, which trained at Camp Grant, Illinois.

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Close up of the exchange truck and driver. The driver is wearing the ankle length 1913 pattern overcoat for enlisted men and what looks like a pair of regulation aviator's gauntlets.

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By coincidence, I also happen to have a photo of the interior of the 332nd Field Artillery Regiments (also 86th Division) exchange, which was also situated within the confines of Camp Grant, Illinois.

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A closer look at some of the items for sale behind the counter. Some of which are: ice skates, soda-pop, sweet cakes, toilet kits, ice cream, yard-long, panoramic photos of the camp (visible in the upper-left corner of the above post), as well as what looks like apples and maybe oranges.

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Snapshot of a squad of recruits policing up the barracks. Probably not an uncommon scene inside any of the wooden barracks on the grounds of the training camps that sprung up all across the nation in 1917 and 1918.

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4th Division men guarding a railroad in Germany in 1919. One of whom is wearing a fully loaded cartridge belt for the Browning Automatic Rifle.

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The BAR gunner from the waist up and his partner whose mounted rifle cartridge belt has a pair of 1910 Wire Cutters and carrier suspended from it.

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This image of a 3rd Army bugler was inscribed with the epithet "Gold Brick". Gold Brick is carrying the longer garrison bugle.

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The colors of the 6th Infantry Regiment (USMC), 2nd Division, probably circa 1919.

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Close up of the 6th Regiment's flag.

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New York National Guard, Infantry, circa 1909 - 1912. I say 1909 because the double collar discs on each side of the collar were authorized for wear during that year, but the double discs likely continued to be worn for a year or two more. The end date of 1912 was selected because the reverse of this real picture postcard bears a September 1912 postmark.

 

It's interesting that despite being in circulation for just seven months, the 1903 pattern wool service coat (Specification No. 609) was still being worn as late as 1912, some nine years after the date it was adopted in December of 1903. The Spec. 609 coat was replaced just seven months after its adoption by the 1904 pattern wool service coat, which was adopted in August of 1904.

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Close up of the 1903 Woolen Service Coat with pleated breast pockets.

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A closer look at the New York National Guardsman's double collar discs and his cap badge.

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Galley and cooks, one of whom looks to be a Filipino, on the USS Raleigh. Not sure of the date on this one.

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A U.S. Army infantryman, known only as "Russell" with an Enfield rifle at port arms.

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Close up of Russell and his insignia.

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An unidentified engineer wearing a Mackinaw with bronze eagle buttons and a 1907 Winter Field Cap, circa 1918.

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A better view of the hip-length Mackinaw.

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An interesting shot of an African American Doughboy wearing an unknown style wool jerkin that appears to have no buttons somewhere in France, probably in 1918.

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A better look at the unusual wool jerkin. Unlike the regulation wool jerkin, which had five buttonholes and an equal number of black vegetable ivory buttons, this jerkin has only four buttonholes and apparently no buttons. It also lacks the fairly obvious cloth tape that was sewn around the edges of the five-button wool jerkins neck and arm openings.

 

Has anybody ever seen a similar wool jerkin?

 

Also attached is the name that was scrawled on the reverse of this photo, which, presumably is the soldier's name. The last name is obviously "Norwood", but I can't figure out his first name. If you can decipher the cursive script, please post what you think his first name might be.

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I Hate Moths, that's a National Guard great shot, It's nice to see the 1902 Officers' Saber being used ,,, even if it is only ornamental.

 

 

Jon, what an astute observation about the jerkin's buttonholes being on the wrong side. Maybe it is a leather jerkin being worn inside out? But why?

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