world war I nerd Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share #126 Posted September 16, 2018 15th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Islands, 1908-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share #127 Posted September 16, 2018 Cavalryman from an unidentified regiment, circa 1906 - 1908 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share #128 Posted September 16, 2018 YMCA man, 1917 - 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share #129 Posted September 16, 2018 Army cooks circa 1917 or possibly a year or two earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share #130 Posted September 16, 2018 Company B, 28th Regiment (of what? … Engineers-Artillery-Etc?) baseball team at Fort Leavenworth, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share #131 Posted September 16, 2018 Some 3rd Army shenanigans, 1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share #132 Posted September 16, 2018 English instructor and U.S. Army recruits from Company C, 69th Infantry at Camp Funston, August 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share #133 Posted September 16, 2018 Artilleryman from an unknown Artillery Regiment, circa 1910 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share #134 Posted September 16, 2018 Top sergeant & sergeant North Dakota National Guard in 1906, when the NG and Army were still wearing a mixture of blue and olive drab or khaki uniform items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share #135 Posted September 16, 2018 One of these men (not sure which) is James Davis who served in the U.S. Army from 1908 to 1938. This image shows him as a recruit in 1908 during the first year of his military career as a private in the 79th Company of the Coast Artillery Corps. He retired thirty years later, in 1938, as First Sergeant of Company A, 3rd Infantry Regiment. That's all for today's batch. Will post more later ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #136 Posted September 29, 2018 Not too much to see in this 3rd Army in review photo taken in 1919. However, take a look at the enlarger view of the various division color guards in the next post. In the close up you can clearly make out the 3rd Army painted helmets, as well as the felt backed collar discs that seem to have been only used within that AEF organization. That last post wasn't very impressive, so let's try a closer view of the color guards ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #137 Posted September 29, 2018 A rather nonchalant group of men and their mascot from the104th Company, Coast Artillery Corps circa 1914. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #138 Posted September 29, 2018 Studio shot of an "advancing bayonets" Doughboy in full kit, probably taken in 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #139 Posted September 29, 2018 A gathering of apron clad AEF cooks or bakers or butchers (not sure which) circa 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #140 Posted September 29, 2018 AEF "tourists" in a hanger full of captured German aircraft … probably taken after the Armistice was signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #141 Posted September 29, 2018 Stateside shot of a pair of artillerymen in training circa 1917-1918. Note the spurs and the ankle-length pre-WW I issued 1913 Overcoat. In France, these long overcoats were shortened by approximately 10 inches; thus making them more practical for wear in the trenches. The cut-down overcoats were known as "Trench Overcoats. The longer 1913 Overcoat was replaced early in 1918 by the 1917 Overcoat, which was identical except for its shorter length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #142 Posted September 29, 2018 A French carte postale showing an AEF aviator wearing the fur-lined cloth flight suit as worn by AEF pilots and observers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #143 Posted September 29, 2018 Stateside buglers with makeshift cord slings attached to their bugles. Note the Buglers' PFC Chevron worn on the right sleeve of the left hand bugler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #144 Posted September 29, 2018 Not sure if these are Regulars or Guardsmen, but I'm pretty sure they are somewhere along the Mexican border in 1916. I don't know what to make of the bowler hat wearing man in the center. Maybe he's just a visitor or some sort of a civilian contractor, perhaps a cook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #145 Posted September 29, 2018 A captain in the Massachusetts State Guard circa 1918. Each state formed its own State Guard during WW I. The State Guard took over the duties of the National Guard after they had been sworn into Federal service with the AEF. The State Guards' were allowed to wear Army issued clothing. However, they were not authorized to use Army insignia so they would not be mistaken for active duty soldiers. Thus each State Guard organization adopted its own set of insignia, each of which was different. Close up of the Massachusetts State Guard insignia as worn by the captain. Insignia is comprised of Massachusetts State Guard collar brass, what I'm guessing is the number of the regiment (?), captain's rank, buttons bearing the state seal of Massachusetts, and a Massachusetts State Guard brassard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #146 Posted September 29, 2018 Men from what looks like an Ohio National Guard outfit circa 1910-ish. Of interest is the combined use of pin-back 1902 style collar insignia for branch of service (infantry) and of 1910 style collar discs, which I think bear the word "Ohio". If you look closely, you can see the 1902 crossed rifle insignia on the sides of their collars and the Ohio collar discs near the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share #147 Posted September 29, 2018 One more that I forgot to post earlier ... 24th Infantry in New York, burdened with 1903 equipment circa 1909-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccooper Posted September 29, 2018 Share #148 Posted September 29, 2018 Three of my favorites - here is #1. mccooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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