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8 images with subject World War, 1914-1918--Military life--France.

  • BOMB AND SHELL ATTACK, ANCEMONT, FRANCE A peculiar buzz in the air, the rapid crack of machine guns, and a tremendous thug-bang; we knew that "Heiney" was after us. Some of us said our prayers a thousand times a minute while others ran helter-skelter in search for safety. Thanks to the big dugout that happened to be near. From Tar-Heel War Record (In the Great World War).


  • "Dead Soldiers" we have known. From History of the 113th Field Artillery 30th Division.


  • Delousing Machine From Tar-Heel War Record (In the Great World War).


  • The Dental Corps filling a cavity under shell-fire in the Argonne. From History of the 113th Field Artillery 30th Division.


  • K. P.'S GOING INTO POSITION NEAR MONTFAUCON Departing K. P.--"Right here, Bill, is where you and me and this here range separates. I done heard too much about them German range-finders." From History of the 113th Field Artillery 30th Division.


  • Major Bulwinkle's captured German Cow "wearing her gas mask and four gallons of milk, in alert position." From History of the 113th Field Artillery 30th Division.


  • The report that Private Doe was wounded at the front was misleading. From History of the 113th Field Artillery 30th Division.


  • "War is Hell" (Sherman). Ask any soldier of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Field Artillery about "Hell on Wheels." From History of the 113th Field Artillery 30th Division.